| Autumn Term – Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Harvey Brough Now we are ( ) Six |
| Dear Vox and friends of Vox, We hope you are all enjoying your summer. Autumn is approaching and we are planning another really exciting term, totally different music again from last term. It’s a repeat of a previous programme, though with new material added. A chance for the altos and sopranos to revisit Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece A Ceremony of Carols and the tenors and basses to revisit my new piece Now we are ( ) Six (settings of A A Milne poems). Also Britten’s remarkable cantata Rejoice in the Lamb plus two pieces we haven’t sung before Shepherd Carol and Carry her over the water. Harvey is rearranging King John’s Christmas for the whole choir to sing (it was just T+B last time), an enchanting poem and one of the best things he has ever written. I will also write some new settings of AA Milne from When We Were Very Young for the whole choir and perhaps two special guests. If you sang in the programme before, you will find new things to discover by revisiting it. If not (and if you don’t know the Britten pieces), it’s a treat in store. The concert is on Saturday November 30th at St James’s Piccadilly. We start rehearsals on Tuesday September 3rd. Some of the audio aids are already up and we will send you the link and the password when you sign up. We look forward to seeing you all soon. Vox Holloway |
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