An Old Belief - The Sixteen

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Recorded on: 6 September 2022

Available until: Fri 4 Oct, 2024

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Enjoy an ‘as live’ performance of our 2022 Choral Pilgrimage programme An Old Belief, from the comfort of your own home. Filmed in the intimate surroundings of London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields, this emotional programme centres around Parry’s heartfelt Songs of Farewell.

Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell must surely rank among some of the finest choral works ever written. Deeply affected by the First World War, Parry sought poetry that would reflect not only peace and unity and the search for a better world, but also an escape from the horrors of war.

The poems Parry chose to set are sublime, be they metaphysical poetry by John Donne and Henry Vaughan or the aching beauty of Thomas Campion’s verse. Perfectly complementing the rich sonority of Parry’s Songs are three short pieces by Campion, a selection of medieval carols and a new work by Cecilia McDowall.

PROGRAMME

Parry
Songs of Farewell
Medieval Carol
Deo gracias, Anglia
Medieval Carol
Saint Thomas honour we
Medieval Carol
O blessed Lord
Medieval Carol
Benedicite Deo
Cecilia McDowall
An Unexpected Shore
Campion
Never, weather-beaten sail
Campion
Author of light
Campion
Tune thy music to thy heart
Campion
Take him, earth for cherishing

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Harry Christophers conductor

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