St Martin’s Voices: In Remembrance
Tuesday 12 November 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A concert of contemporary choral music for remembrance, including the London première of Cecilia McDowall’s Angel of the Battlefield, alongside a new work by Lucy Walker for choir and trumpet. Also featuring solo performances of music by Sally Beamish and Barry Mills by St Martin’s Voices’ new Artist in Residence, Imogen Whitehead.
Part of the Choral Discovery Concerts series, which invites audiences to discover lesser known, thought-provoking choral music in short concerts with St Martin’s Voices.
Please note this concert last approximately 1 hour without an interval.
Sally Beamish – FirstPeace
Lucy Walker – There will come soft rains (first performance)
Geoffrey Burgon – At the round earth’s imagined corners
Cecilia McDowall – Angel of the Battlefield (London premiere)
Barry Mills – Questioning the Stars
Eleanor Daley – Requiem
John Rutter – Lord, thou hast been our refuge
Imogen Whitehead trumpet
St Martin’s Voices
Andrew Earis conductor
Dates, Times & Book
| Tue 12 Nov | 7:00 PM | £10 | Book |
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