Philharmonia Orchestra: Choir of St John's College celebration in London

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Choir of St John's College celebration in London

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 15 Dec 2011 7:30pm

Andrew Nethsingha

conductor

David Stout

baritone

Choristers of the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Elgar

Alassio

Howells

One thing have I desired of the Lord

Harvey, Jonathan

I love the Lord

Howells

A Spotless Rose

Parry

I Was Glad

Walton

Belshazzar's Feast

A very special concert celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the founding of St John’s College Cambridge; the College Choir is joined by other Cambridge College Choirs and a number of alumni singers. The focal point of the evening is a performance of Walton’s incomparable oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. A dramatic cantata on the scale of Carmina Burana, Belshazzar is set to a biblical text selected by Osbert Sitwell, primarily from the Book of Daniel, and is characterised by a wild, almost pagan, energy that shocked listeners at its première in 1931 and led to its banning from the Three Choirs Festival until 1957.

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