HULL TRUCK THEATRE

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, IN

DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame IN

HORSE CROSS, PERTH

Steimetz Hall, Orlando, FL

HORSE CROSS, PERTH

Bradley Symphony Center, Milwaukee, WI

St James's Church Sussex Gardens, London

Ensemble 97 perform Wallen's NNENNA & Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals.

Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA

RWCMD, Cardiff

RWCMD CARDIFF

SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE

SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE

Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London

Leap into spring with The Bach Choir for this concert of British-inspired choral music past and present.This diverse programme, featuring four female composers, shines a light on some truly fresh and inspirational works by Ivor Novello winner Cecilia McDowall, Errollyn Wallen CBE, Amy Beach and Lili Boulanger. We also showcase two beloved works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was a former singer and musical director of The Bach Choir and Benjamin Britten who has conducted The Bach Choir.
In the beautiful and intimate setting of Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square, David Hill MBE conducts soloists Alison Ponsford-Hill, Helen Charlston, Hugo Hymas and Jonathan Brown with Philip Scriven at the organ and The Bach Choir in this perfect concert to awaken your ears with the sounds and songs of spring.
‘The real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk
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Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield 7.15pm

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.30 in E Op.109 (22’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat Op.110 (21’)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 (28’)
WALLEN The Negro Speaks of Rivers (6’)
FRANCES-HOAD Invocation (4′)
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2 (20’)

To open the evening, Tim Horton performs Beethoven’s three final piano sonatas: intimate and personal, endlessly complex, monuments of this unique musical mind.

This is followed by a new string version of Wallen’s celebrated choral setting of Langston Hughes’ iconic poem and Frances-Hoad’s Invocation for cello and piano, based on Melancholy, a painting by Edvard Munch. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s Cello Sonata Op.102 No.2.

Please note the change to the previously advertised programme for this concert.
We apologise for any disappointment this may cause.

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival runs 13–21 May 2022

FREE

Sun 3 Jul, 12.30pm
Part of New Music Biennial
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gigs