Friday 20th April at 7.30pm, All Saints’ Church, Clifton, Bristol
A celebratory concert marking the 150th anniversary of All Saints’ Church, Clifton and the 100th birthday of one of America’s greatest conductors and composers, Leonard Bernstein with a performance of his dramatic Chichester Psalms.
The concert includes Janácek’s restful setting of the Lord’s Prayer and the rarely-heard Hymne: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen for ladies’ voices by the 19th century composer Josef Rheinberger.
The choir gives the first performance of a new work for men’s choir by the young composer Amy Summers, one of this year’s City of Bristol Choir Scholars, and the final two works of the programme set vivid and passionate words by 17th century poets: Finzi’s wonderful melodious festival anthem Lo, the full, final sacrifice, and the dramatic cantata Crucifixus pro nobis by the Yorkshire-born composer Kenneth Leighton.
Tickets £15 for adults, £5 for students/under 18s, available online from City of Bristol Choir and from the choir’s ticket line 0117 950 7055.