South Grove
London N6 6BJ
Voxcetera returns to Highgate for a concert featuring Dvořák’s popular, moving, grief-inspired Stabat Mater, accompanied by chamber orchestra, and a shorter work from a dazzling young composer who died, far too young, in 2016.
WILLIAM PETTER: Vigil Mass
A playful and beautiful short setting of the mass by the late, young composer.
“British choral music lost a rare talent in 2016… profound serenity and boundless joy” – The Observer
“Music of affirmative, accessible beauty” Gramophone on Vigil Mass
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK: Stabat Mater
Dvořák’s best known, and most often performed, sacred work is a setting of the medieval Latin prayer to the bereaved mother of Christ, and was likely inspired by the deaths of three of his own children. London performances of Stabat Mater in 1883 and 1884 were brilliantly received and played a cruicial role in Dvořák’s international breakthrough as a composer.
This is rich, tender music that evokes sorrow and grief as well as hope and wonder. We will perform it accompanied by chamber orchestra, playing Joachim Linckelmann’s arrangement.
Jane Hopkins conducts:
Voxcetera Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra
Camilla Harris soprano
Amy Lyddon mezzo soprano
Andrew Henley tenor
Tristan Hambleton bass
Paul Dean organ