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Songs of Freedom | New Cambridge Singers

When
Saturday November 18, 2023 at 19:30
Where
The Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
Tickets
£18, students £5, under 18s free
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  1. Hear my Prayer Op 39 No 1 - Felix Mendelssohn
  2. 5 Spirituals, from A Child of our Time - Sir Michael Tippett
  3. Missa Tiburtina - Giles Swayne
  4. A Ukrainian Prayer - John Rutter
  5. De Profundis - Christopher Brown
  6. Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen Op 78 no 3 - Felix Mendelssohn

This first concert of our 2023/24 season will be directed by Tim Brown, our choir president and interim director until James Potter takes over the reins in January 2024.

The theme of this concert is Songs of Freedom and includes music that is both thoughtful and uplifting while also featuring a premiere by Chris Brown in celebration of his 80th Birthday.

Tippett began composing ‘A Child of our Time’ in September 1939 at the outbreak of the 2nd world war. Keen to embrace a Bach structure to the piece, he discovered that the spirituals of the American deep south easily fit into the chorales. These five songs are the most poignant and recognisable.

As is fitting with music about oppression and freedom, there will be a retiring collection for the UN Refugee Agency


Venue
The Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs
Hills Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1JR
England


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