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Canterbury Choral Society presents Britten: St Nicolas

Canterbury Festival

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To mark the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's death, Canterbury Choral Society and Youth Choir will perform his popular cantata St Nicolas. This inventive work features dramatic storms and shipwrecks alongside touching scenes from the saint's life, with audience participation in two hymns. Joining the choir are the world-renowned London Mozart Players, who will also perform two of the finest English works for string orchestra by Elgar and V...

Program

Benjamin Britten - Saint Nicolas

Gustav Holst - Psalm 86

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Composer

Participants

Robert Murray

Singer

Richard Cooke

Conductor

Canterbury Choral Society