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Happy Birthday Britten!

Sunday, 10 November 2013

choir

The year 2013 marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), the most celebrated English composer of the 20th century.

To mark the occasion, the University of Reading Chamber Choir will be performing a special lunchtime concert, their first of the academic year, on Tuesday 19 November in Palmer G10, 1.10pm

All staff, students and guests are very welcome.


Conductor - Joanna Bywater
Piano - Peter Toye

Purcell - I Was Glad

Purcell - Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences

Bach - two movements from Motet No.3

Choral - Jesu Meine Freude

Chorus - Es ist Nun Nichts Verdammliches

Brahms - Die Mainacht

Solo: Joanna Bywater

Ireland - Sea Fever

Solo: Mark Bassett

Ireland - The Hills

Quilter - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Solo: Emma Penn

Britten - Hymn to the Virgin

Solo Quartet: Lydia Hart, Quentin Ma, Archie Maybury, Mark Bassett

Britten - The Ballad of Green Brook

Information about future concerts >>>

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