The Joyful Company of Singers

Joyful Company of Singers

Saturday 30 April 7.30pm
£10. 

This concert’s pieces were composed in the last century – the most recent is James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn (2007). John Rutter, John Tavener and David Mitcham also feature, whilst the centrepiece is Malcolm Williamson’s Symphony for Voices, setting texts by Australian poet James MacAuley. The programme also features a wistful collaboration between a Hungarian composer and a French poet!

The Joyful Company of Singers is known for its virtuosity across an astoundingly wide repertoire. Formed in 1988 by conductor Peter Broadbent. With successes in national and international competitions, it has performed at several leading UK festivals and has been broadcast by the BBC, Classic FM and overseas channels.

Programme:

Hymn to the Creator of Light - John Rutter
O Radiant Dawn - Sir James MacMillan
Song for Athene - Sir John Tavener
Symphony for Voices (to poems by James McCauley) - Malcolm Williamson
An Amateur of fashion, The Quacks (from English Eccentrics Choral Suite) -
Malcolm Williamson
Love Walked Right In, Fascinating Rhythm - George & Ira Gershwin arr. Antony Saunders
My funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart arr. Howard Moody
Blue Moon - Rodgers & Hart arr. Blackwell
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla arr. Escalada/Broadbent
Bumba meu boi - Trad. arr. Carlos Alberto Pintos Fonseca
Les feuilles d’Automne - Joseph Kosma arr. Andrew Carter