Three Odes to St Cecilia

Diese Veranstaltung fand in der Vergangenheit statt

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage OneSt Mary's Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, Vereinigtes Königreich

Datum/Zeit in London Zeitzone

Programm

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Welcome to all the Pleasures, Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1683), Z 339
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Hail Bright Cecilia!: Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1692)
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Hymn to St Cecilia, Op.27b

Darsteller

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh	Musikalische Leitung

Celebrating the music of Britten and
Purcell, ‘Three Odes for St Cecilia’ is
a concert of works written in praise
of St Cecilia, patron saint of music,
by two of Britain’s finest composers.

Plan

Blessed Cecilia celebrated in style by Gabrieli Consort & Players

Jane Shuttleworth, 23rd November

22 November, St Cecilia’s day, lends itself perfectly to music by two of Britain’s greatest composers. Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten both wrote pieces to celebrate Cecilia as patron saint of music, and Britten was inspired and enriched by Purcell’s music.

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