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St. Giles Church Southampton Street, Reading RG1 2SB Conductor: JanJoost van Elburg Organist: Stephen Hollas Our first concert of the year is Reading Bach Choir's contribution to the celebrations marking the anniversaries of Purcell, Haydn and Mendelssohn. We perform some beautiful but seldom-heard works from the baroque, classical and romantic periods.
Henry Purcell was born in 1659 and died tragically young at 37; he wrote these sacred pieces in his twenties. Haydn's light-hearted and humorous part-songs date from his old age: each one is an absolute gem showing him as sprightly as ever. He died in 1809, the year of Mendelssohn's birth; he was just 17 when he composed this scintillating and masterful Te Deum. Taken together these composers, whose only real connection is the arbitrary date of birth or death, make up a fascinating and delightful programme, which we are confident you will enjoy. |
TICKETS available from: Cathy Carr 0118 947 0104 or e-mail for tickets or from "We Got Tickets" For a copy of the striking poster and for more information about the concert use this link Note: this file is 3.7mbytes Interested in joining us and singing this fantastic music? Contact: Judy Gillis 0118 988 2437 or For advance publicity of all our concerts, get on our Mailing List. |