Closing Concert
Timothy Brown conductor
Stewart French guitar
Musicke's Praier
Programme includes:
Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis
Graham Ross Precor Te
Lotti Crucifixus
Allegri Miserere
Walton Cantico del Sole (Prayer of St Francis)
Pearsall Lay a Garland
Stanford The Blue Bird
Delius To be sung of a Summer Night on the Water
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Some music sings out for the acoustic of King's, and Allegri's famous Miserere is just one work amongst a luscious programme of Italian and English early and twentieth century choral music in which the English Voices show the supremacy of the choir in a glorious surrounding. The concert is enhanced by the soft addition of guitar to create a perfect summery ending to this year's Festival.