Tea for two in the Tonhalle
English music for choir and wind orchestra can be heard in the Tonhalle Zurich on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at 5 p.m.
With the piece I was glada frequent opening hymn of the Anglican Church and one of the traditional hymns at coronations of British monarchs, will open this year's Tonhalle concert by Stadtmusik Zürich together with over 100 singers from the Zurich Academic Choir. Under the direction of Niki Wüthrich, the Stadtmusik will then perform the four-movement piece based on various English folk songs Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst, his second and last suite for wind orchestra. The Gloria by the English composer John Rutter is a three-movement work that sets the Latin text of the Gloria from the liturgy to music. It is performed by the Stadtmusik and the Academic Choir with a sonority typical of John Rutter.
Again from the town music alone is in the second part The Cries of London by Martin Ellerby, a homage to the city of Thames. The title is reminiscent of the market criers and street barkers who for centuries shaped the acoustic appearance of the metropolis with their penetrating advertising. With the following Toward the Unknown Region by Ralph Vaughan Willliams will conclude the concert together with the Academic Choir in an impressive manner.
The three works I was glad, Gloria and Toward the Unknown Region were specially arranged for wind orchestra by Paul Noble for this concert and can therefore be heard for the first time.
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