Artists
Samuel Hudson – conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Programme
Biles-Liddell Yr Afon Yn Yr Awyr (UK premiere)
Weir O Sweet Spontaneous Earth
Elgar Serenade for Strings
— Interval —
Snider Mass for the Endangered
Music of intense beauty combines with incredibly powerful words in Mass for the Endangered, a celebration of and lament for the natural world.
Drawing on her love of choral music from Gregorian Chant and Palestrina to Mozart, Fauré and Britten, Sarah Kirkland Snider creates a prayerful twist on the mass, rooted in spiritual contemplation and concern for the world around us. This is a stunning, immersive soundscape which will leave you profoundly moved.
The concert opens with Cameron Biles-Liddell’s Yr Afon Yn Yr Awyr (The River in the Sky), a playful depiction of the River Dee flowing through the Welsh landscape, followed by Judith Weir’s setting of three poems reflecting on our relationship with our planet. And Elgar’s much-loved Serenade for Strings, a favourite of the composer himself.
Need to know
Prices & Discounts
£15 – 63
Running time
1 hr 50 mins, including an interval
Box office
Three Choirs Festival Box Office: 01452 768928
info@3choirs.org