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BBC Singers: Frances-Hoad and Bax

Singers at Six

,St Giles' Cripplegate
BBC singers at Six

An Advent concert of seasonal British choral works by Arnold Bax and Cheryl Frances-Hoad anticipates Christmas joys to come.

Glowing with textural interest and intensity, as though lit from within, Frances-Hoad’s choral writing looks to the musical past for music that is very much of the present.  Her carols and motets take us from festive rejoicing, in the exuberant Gaude et Laetare , to rapt wonder in There is no Rose. Bax – Master of the King’s Music under George VI – also draws on the carol’s medieval origins in his graceful I Sing of A Maiden and This Worldes Joie.

Tagged with: Classical music BBC Singers 2018–19

Programme

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad   Gaude et Laetare
  •   This time a child is born
  •   From the beginning of the world
  •   Floodlight, Starlight
  •   There is no rose
  • Arnold Bax   I sing of a maiden
  •   This Worldes Joie
  •   Five Greek Folksongs

Performers

  • BBC Singers  

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St Giles' Cripplegate

Location
Fore St, London
EC2Y 8DA

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

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