We welcome Hugh Cobbe, Director of The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, who will give a thirty minute pre-concert talk on Dona nobis pacem and Vaughan Williams in the Etheldreda Room at 6.00pm. No ticket required to pre-concert talk.
Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Rachel Nicholls – Soprano Mark Nathan – Baritone
Martin Hughes – Violin Roger Chase – Viola
David Murray – Conductor
Haydn’s Te Deum of 1800 is a choral drama in three parts commissioned by Empress Marie Therese and first performed on the occasion of the visit of Admiral Lord Nelson to Eisenstadt. Tonight the Te Deum is performed in the edition by Artistic Director Denis McCaldin.
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K364 for violin and viola, from 1779, is considered to be one of the greatest compositions of his mature years. Artistic Director Martin Hughes is joined by internationally renowned Roger Chase who performs on the beautiful Montegnana viola of 1717, formerly played by the great Lionel Tertis.
Dona nobis pacem is Vaughan Williams’ anti-war composition which dates from 1936. The composer had served in the First World War and had experienced its horrors at close quarters. As war clouds gathered again in the late 1930s the composer intended this as a warning, setting the texts from Scripture, the Latin Mass and the poet Walt Whitman in a compelling choral work. We are joined by international soloists Rachel Nicholls and Mark Nathan.
This concert is generously sponsored by:
Parmley Graham Limited
and The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
Date
Saturday 29th September
Pre-concert talk in the Etheldreda Room, 6.00pm
Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus & Orchestra, 7.30pm
Tickets:
£20 / £18 Concessions
