What happened in our 2022-23 season:
Ex Cathedra - Summer Music by Candlelight
St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
Glorious choral music inspired by birdsong, summer holidays, sea and sunshine. Expect glorious choral classics, little-known gems, stunning new music and some fun, plus readings that capture the season, as we journey from the promise of a new dawn to the serenity of sunset. Directed by Sarah Latto.
Programme includes:
Iam lucis orto sidere - 6th-century plainchant
Sing joyfully - William Byrd
Musica Dei donum - Orlande de Lassus
Numbers - Shruthi Rajasekar
Songs of Robert Bridges - Gerald Finzi
Summer is icumen in - 13th-century English
Summertime - George Gershwin
Summer Holiday - Welch & Bennett
Bibi, Synkù, bi - Anna Rocławska-Musiałcyck
Take him, Earth, for cherishing - Herbert Howells
Night Prayer - Alec Roth
As last season’s audience showed, this is fast becoming as popular as their Christmas visit – BOOK EARLY!
Performed with an interval (finish at approx. 10pm). Drinks will be available to purchase.
Patrons:
Ground Floor reserved seating area
£22.00
Children and students: £11.00
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