Concerts
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Mother & Child – Choral and Organ Music of the Nativity
St James the Greater Leicester, Leicestershire, United KingdomThe most venerated of all maternal/filial relationships has inspired some of the greatest poetry, visual art and music. The programme will include settings of the Magnificat by Praetorius & Giles Swain, together with music by Poulenc, Bruckner and Chilcott.
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Vespers of the Blessed Virgin by Johann Rosenmüller
Leicester Cathedral 2 Peacock Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, United KingdomRosenmüller was born in Oelsnitz, near Plauen. He studied at the University of Leipzig, graduating in 1640. He served as organist of the Nikolaikirche Leipzig from 1651, and had been assured of advancement to cantor. He became director of music in absentia to the Altenburg court in 1654. However, in 1655 he was imprisoned in […]
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Friends’ fundraiser
Private Venue , United KingdomEnjoy an entertaining performance by Leicestershire Chorale with solos presented by this years' choral scholars; join us for drinks on the terrace followed by a posh buffet supper. Book for yourself, a friend or a group of friends. Reservations can be made on concert nights through Gill Bracey at our Friends' table. We very much […]
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Stairway to Heaven
Uppingham School Chapel Uppingham School, High St W, Uppingham, Leicestershire, United KingdomWith David Cowen, Organ
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The Dream of Gerontius – Edward Elgar
De Montfort Hall Granville Road, Leicester, United KingdomThe Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory. Elgar disapproved of […]