Three Choirs Festival: Songs of the Sea
Artists
Martyn Brabbins – conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir
Programme
Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
Wood Never weather-beaten sail
Elgar Sea Pictures
Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships
McDowall Ave Maris Stella
Stanford Songs of the Fleet
In anticipation of the forthcoming 200th anniversary of Gloucester Docks, experience the majesty of the sea in tonight’s dramatic concert from the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir and Philharmonia Orchestra.
Feel the rolling swell of the Atlantic in Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and marvel at the sometimes peaceful, sometimes storm tossed waves evoked in Elgar’s ravishing Sea Pictures. Listen as the storm subsides into calm waters in Cecilia McDowall’s beautiful Ave Maris Stella and set sail with the British Navy in Stanford’s expressive Songs of the Fleet.
The rich voice of renowned baritone Roderick Williams will deftly conjure the sea’s many moods, from tranquil to turbulent, from angry to awe-inspiring.
Need to know
Prices & Discounts
£16 – £61
Running time
2 hrs, including an interval
Box office
Three Choirs Festival Box Office: 01452 768928
info@3choirs.org