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Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
Neil Ferris - Conductor

Cardiff Polyphonic Choir has a proud history. The Choir has been an ambassador for Welsh music, touring the USA, Italy, Brittany, Austria, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Prague.

The choir has performed in all the major London musical venues and has sung under the baton of Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Groves, Richard Hickox, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Andrew Davis, Jane Glover, Paavo Berglund, and John Alldis.

In the past two years the Choir has given performances of the Brahms Requiem, a Radio 3 broadcast of Britten War Requiem with the BBC National Chorus of Wales, Mozart Requiem and the Pizzetti Requiem.

Programme
Rachmaninov - Vespers

Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
Neil Ferris Conductor

Composed and premiered in 1915, the 'Vespers' consists of settings of texts taken from Russian Orthodox 'All Night Vigil' ceremony. One of the composer's favourite compositions, 'Vespers' is an enduring favourite with audiences accross the world. The moving melody and rich polyphony are ideally suited to the wonderful accoustic of a candlelit St Martin-in-the-Fields.

TICKET OFFER: Top price tickets to both the 7.30pm and 9.30pm concerts and a glass of house wine from the Cafe in the Crypt are available for £37 from the Box Office. Please call 020 7766 1100, 10am - 5pm Mon - Sat.

The concert will last approximately one hour with no interval. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

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