The Choir of Royal Holloway and conductor Rupert Gough return to the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London with this hour-long concert of music inspired by eventide. Movements of Rachmaninov’s Vespers will be interspersed with works by other Baltic composers, including Arvo Pärt and Ēriks Ešenvalds: this rich and sonorous repertoire has become a specialty of this fine mixed-voice choir. The programme also includes Holst’s powerful Nunc Dimittis, and Rheinberger’s beautiful Abendlied. Join us in the beautiful surroundings of a candlelit St Martin’s for this relaxing and sumptuous way to end the day.
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov | O come, let us worship
Ēriks Ešenvalds | Evening
Sergei Rachmaninov | Verses before the psalms
Argo Pärt | Psalm 131 from Two Slavonic Psalms
Sergei Rachmaninov | Magnificat
Alexander Kastalsky | A mercy of peace
Sergei Rachmaninov | O gladsome radiance
Gustav Holst | Nunc Dimittis
Joseph Rheinberg | Abendlied, op. 69, no. 3
Arturo Mascots | Lugums naktij ('Prayer to the night')
George Sviridov | Sacred love
Sergei Rachmaninov | Doxology
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough — Conductor
This concert will last approximately one hour, without an interval.
Tickets £14 (unreserved) — available from the St Martin's box office — call 020 7766 1100 or book online.
A combined ticket for both of this evening's concerts is available, which offers a 25% discount — please call the St Martin's box office for availability.