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To mark the centenary of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and Howard Goodall present a concert of music from 1922 and the present day, including the UK premiere of Unconditional Love.

As part of a weekend of music from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Orchestras and Choirs celebrating the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Centenary in October 2022, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers explore a programme of choral music reflecting British choral music then and now.

Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor, premiered 100 years ago in 1922, was a game-changer for English choral music – a piece whose pastoral harmonies may sound like the stuff of English soil and summertime, but whose distinctive atmosphere reconnected the country’s music with a tradition that had lain dormant for four centuries. Here, the Mass’s movements are interspersed with contemporary works that harbour the same sense of peace and spirituality.
After the interval Howard Goodall conducts the European premiere of his own Unconditional Love. Written in lockdown, the cantata was conceived as ‘a work of gratitude, of memorial and of hope for a world rebuilt’ after the pain of the pandemic. This radiant piece from one of the UK’s most communicative composers sets poetry written in times of hardship, much of it in 2020 and some by Goodall himself.

Live from Milton Court, London. Presented by Natasha Riordan.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor (except Credo)
Judith Weir: Love Bade Me Welcome
Melissa Dunphy: Mourning into Dancing
Roxanna Panufnik: Child of Heaven
Philip Herbert: Agnus Dei
Errollyn Wallen: PACE
Henry Walford Davies: God be in my head
Arnold Bax: This worldes joie

Interval

Howard Goodall: Unconditional Love: A Cantata of Gratitude and Remembrance (European premiere)

´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
Howard Goodall (conductor)
Francesca Massey (organ)
Richard Pearce (piano)
Bella Tromba Brass Ensemble: Jo Harris, Becca Toft (trumpet); Anneke Scott, Jo Withers (horn); Emma Bassett, Becky Smith (trombone); Hanna Mbuya (tuba)

2 hours, 13 minutes

Music Played

  • Judith Weir

    Love bade me welcome

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor - Kyrie

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor - Gloria

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Melissa Dunphy

    Mourning into Dancing

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Srs. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor - Sanctus

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Child of Heaven

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor - Benedictus

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Philip Herbert

    Agnus Dei (Elegy)

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor - Agnus Dei

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Henry Walford Davies

    God Be in My Head

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • Arnold Bax

    This Worldes Joie

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Howard Goodall.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Clare Teal. Music Arranger: Quincy Jones. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Orchestra: National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Manners. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Joni Mitchell

    River

    Performer: Katie Melua. Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Howard Goodall

    Unconditional Love

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Feb 2022 16:00

Programme Notes

Programme Notes

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