British Invasion – Simon Halsey Conducts
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 8 pm
One of the world’s leading conductors of choral repertoire, Grammy award-winner Simon Halsey travels to Minneapolis to conduct the 130-voice VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers in an all-British concert. From introspective to exuberant, this dynamic program features “Five Spirituals” from Michael Tippett’s most celebrated work, A Child of Our Time, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Let All the World” from Five Mystical Songs, the American premiere of Julian Anderson’s Four American Choruses, and many others.
simon says: sing with me
Join Simon Halsey for a Community Sing on Friday, October 23 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Advance registration recommended.
"British Invasion" Concert Program (not in concert order)
Songs of Farewell - C.H.H. Parry
Five Spirituals from "A Child of our Time" - Michael Tippett
Let All the World - Kenneth Leighton
Four American Choruses - Julian Anderson
Three Motets - C.V. Stanford
Antiphon from "Five Mystical Songs" - Vaughan Williams
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