Concert: Vasari Singers – Faire is the heaven

We are delighted to welcome the Vasari Singers back to St Bride’s on Thursday 26th February for a concert entitled ‘Faire is the heaven’.

Gramophone Magazine described the Vasari Singers as “One of the UK’s best amateur chamber choirs, the group has a light, youthful sound that lends itself well to pieces designed to glow, to radiate, to shimmer.”

Join them for a shimmering evening of beautiful music, including their first ever performance of Oliver Tarney’s Lux Stellarum, described by Convivium Records as “… a radiant new requiem for choir and organ blending plainsong, scripture, and poetry by John Donne and Marjorie Pickthall. At once intimate and expansive, the work invites listeners to contemplate the mystery of the cosmos – and a God who calls each star, and each soul, by name.”

Oliver Tarney joins MD Jeremy Backhouse for a pre-concert chat at 6.30pm, which is free for all ticket holders.

Programme

Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars
W H Harris: Faire is the heaven
Herbert Howells: Requiem
INTERVAL
Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
W H Harris: Bring us, O Lord
Oliver Tarney: Lux stellarum

Vasari Singers was founded in 1980 and is regarded as one of the leading non-professional chamber choirs in Britain.

Under the direction of its founder-conductor Jeremy Backhouse, Vasari Singers performs a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to contemporary.

Admission

Tickets cost £25, £15 for Under 30s, £10 for Under 18s.