Derby Bach Choir presents: Symphonies of Psalms
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Derby Bach Choir presents: Symphonies of Psalms
BERNSTEIN – Chichester Psalms
BRITTEN – Rejoice in the Lamb
STRAVINSKY – Symphony of Psalms
Conductor: Richard Roddis
Derby Bach Orchestra
Organ/piano .Alexander Binns, Ed Turner
Featuring David Whitworth – countertenor, and Choristers from Derby Cathedral
Programme:
Chichester Psalms, Rejoice in the Lamb, and Symphony of Psalms are all significant works by Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten and Igor Stravinsky respectively, each exploring different aspects of biblical text and musical tradition.
Both Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” and Britten’s cantata ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’ were commissioned by the Reverend Walter Hussey, the vicar of St Matthew’s Church, Northampton, where our conductor Richard Roddis started his musical journey as a chorister.
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