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8 Mar 2022, Temple Church, London
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers 2021-22 International Women's Day

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International Women's Day
13:00 Tue 8 Mar 2022 Temple Church, London
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women’s Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women’s Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century.

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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, together with conductor Grace Rossiter and organist Anna Lapwood mark International Women’s Day with a live broadcast of music by leading women composers of the 21st Century. At the heart of the programme are three world premieres, including a ´óÏó´«Ã½ commission written for the occasion by Australian-American composer Melissa Dunphry, setting ‘I am the world’ by the Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and conductor Grace Rossiter are joined by organist and broadcaster Anna Lapwood, who plays works commissioned from her own new anthology of organ pieces by women composers, including Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, a former finalist in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition, whose Mass for the Mystery of Faith also receives its world premiere in this concert.

Programme:
Gregorian chant Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam
Kristina Arakelyan Star Fantasy for organ
June Nixon Alleluias (world premiere)
Kerensa Briggs Hear my prayer
Sarah MacDonald Attende Domine for organ
Melissa Dunphy I am the world (´óÏó´«Ã½ Commission, world premiere)
Cecilia McDowall Veni Creator for organ
Judith Bingham Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp Mass for the Mystery of Faith (world premiere)
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp In Paradisum for organ