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Mar
7
Mon
HCS at the RFH – In Concert @ Royal Festival Hall
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Mar 7 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

To celebrate the 65th birthday of composer/conductor Ronald Corp OBE Highgate Choral Society joins forces with The London Chorus, New London Children’s Choir and New London Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

As well as Britten’s scene-setting, atmospheric Four Sea Interludes from his 1945 opera, Peter Grimes, and Vaughan Williams’s epic Symphony No 1 (A Sea Symphony), the all-British programme will include the world première of Behold, the Sea composed by Ronald Corp especially for the occasion and featuring soloists Rebecca Evans (soprano) and Roderick Williams (baritone).

In aid of Help Musicians UK

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Categories: Buzz Highgate Events Tags: classical concert Highgate Choral Society music
Feb
27
Mon
Mondays @ The Mills: Highgate Modern Homes @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
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Feb 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

27th February
Highgate Modern Homes

Professor David Porter and Elspeth Clements
Highgate is the location of perhaps the largest and finest concentration of modern homes anywhere in Britain, but because of the historic context and the pressure on land many are hidden away. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Highgate Society, Elspeth Clements and David Porter curated an exhibition in the School Museum over the October half-term holiday to showcase Highgate’s pioneering spirit. David Porter is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art, and Elspeth Clements is a practising architect and Chairman of the Highgate Society Planning Committee.

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Mar
9
Sat
Highgate Choral Society Spring Concert @ All Hallows' Church
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Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

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Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass, so-named as it uses a ninth century text written in Old Church Slavonic, is also known as the Slavonic Mass. Rather than a traditional sacred piece, Janacek is thought to have conceived his mass as a celebration of Slavic culture and the pan-Slavic movement that he supported.

The Glagolitic Mass was first performed in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in April 1926. It is a highly original work for choir, organ and orchestra that expresses dramatic energy and tenderness in equal measure, and is recognised today as one of most significant contributions to choral music in the twentieth century.

Poulenc’s Gloria is a joyful rendering of the Gloria text from the Catholic Mass, and one of Poulenc’s most celebrated works. Scored for soprano, choir and large orchestra, it was composed in 1959 and first performed in 1961 in Boston to critical acclaim. Poulenc was known for composing music of sharp contrasts and his Gloria, which is jocund as well as solemn, is no exception.


Always Moving On is a brand new work for choir and orchestra, written by newcomer Christopher Ashley. An eight-minute orchestral march of aspiration and healing, it provides a modern twist to the familiar and popular format pioneered by Elgar and Walton in the early 20th century. The piece gives expression to the timeless virtues of hope, joy, patience and tolerance, offering respite from uncertainty and gloom.

 

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March 2016 – March 2019 Mar 2016 – Mar 2019