What's On

The internationlly accamed Hanover Band present this concert as part of their tour, ‘Baroque Splendours for a Coronation’, during which they will play splendid baroque music in the most beautiful churches across the South Downs. The tour is being staged in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority, and is in celertion of te 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation.

Symphony No 5 in D (St Cecilia's Day Ode)

William Boyce (1711-1779)

Canon from Canon and Gigue in D

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto Grosso No 12 in D minor, 'La Folia', after Corelli Op 5

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Composer and Principal Horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Korth, introduces an exciting and unique concert:

“To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth, the Orpheus Sinfonia – together with much-vaunted tenor Nigel Robson – perform his Simple Symphony as well as the sublime Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. I am delighted that they will also be featuring my song cycle Like Shining from Shook Foil with soprano Olivia Robinson of the BBC Singers. This work is a setting of three of Gerard Manly Hopkins’s extraordinary poems and uses natural tuning to compliment his reverent wonder at the natural world.

“Alongside this is the world premiere of my latest work, Harmoniae Naturales IV, ‘Luminescence’. Inspired by Keats’s Ode to a Nightingale, it explores further the magical world of natural tuning through the ethereal overtone singing of Rollin Rachele together with solo cello (Orpheus’s artistic director, Thomas Carroll) and tenor. I am most grateful to distinguished musician Michael Thompson for agreeing to conduct.”

Simple Symphony

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Like Shining from Shook Foil, for soprano and orchestra

Nicholas Korth ()

Harmoniae Naturales IV, 'Luminescence', for tenor, cello and orchestra (world premiere)

Nicholas Korth ()

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Marcus Farnsworth, Britain's leading young baritone, joins the Choir of Hendon St Mary to perform in Brahms's own version of his requiem for piano-duet accompaniment. Marcus also sings a selection of songs with pianist Anna Tilbrook.

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer from 5 Lieder

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Auf dem Kirchhofe from 5 Lieder

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Lerchengesang from '4 Lieder'

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen from 9 Lieder

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)