Saturday, August 8 | 7 p.m.
Norfolk Choral Festival
A special rebroadcast performance from August 17, 2019
With a stellar chamber choir and orchestra, coupled with Simon Carrington’s remarkable programming, this concert is alway a Norfolk summer highlight. The exquisite program showcases works
from four centuries — encompassing everything from majestic beauty to works of intimacy, and always a piece of great humor and joy. You won’t want to miss this one!
featuring
Jacquet de Mantua: O vos omnes
Knaggs: O vos omnes after Jacquet de Mantua (world premiere)
Bouzignac: Surge, amica meaand Flos in floris tempore
Zelenka: from Magnificat in C Major
Handel: Morirò, ma vendicata from Teseo
Haydn: from Concerto in D Major, Hob XVIII:II
Schumann: Das Schifflein from Romanzen und Balladen IV, Op. 146
Brahms: Warum, Op. 92, No. 4
Brahms: Ihr habt Traurigkeit from German Requiem, Op. 45
May: Talking If You Are Going To Talk (world premiere)
Siegel: To Be Free
Johnson: We Tell Each Other Stories
MacMillan: Sing On, Sweet Thrush (world premiere)
with
Simon Carrington Director / conductor
Emily Donato soprano
Jacques Lee Wood cello
Ilya Poletaev Associate Director / keyboards
Norfolk Festival Chamber Choir and Orchestra
sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music
