Vivace
Chorus
17th Nov 2012
Tickets £12,£16 and £24
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7.30 pm Guildford Cathedral
6.30pm Pre-concert talk
Michael Taylor 07958 519 741
or purchase on our website
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Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
Dates for
Written in 1962 (so this year marks its 50th anniversary), Britten's War Requiem
was composed for the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral in May of that year,
the old building having been destroyed in the Battle of Britain. It juxtaposes texts
from the Latin Requiem Mass alongside poems by the First World War poet
Wilfred Owen who was killed just one week before the end of the war, (‘My
Sun 16 Dec 2012
7.00 pm
subject is war, and the pity of war’) in the most potent and dramatic fashion; the
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message is unashamedly anti-war and entirely reconciliatory. Performances are
profound, moving, unforgettable. This huge work is scored for soprano, tenor
and baritone soloists, chorus, boys’ choir, organ, a full orchestra and a chamber
orchestra.
Christmas
Concert
Holy Trinity Church
A note from Vivace Chorus bass John Britten, Benjamin Britten’s nephew:
My Uncle Benjamin experienced World War 1 as a young child in much-bombed
Lowestoft. Although his passionate pacifism will have been reinforced by the many
wars of the 20th century, notably the Spanish Civil War and World War 2, | feel that
the seeds of his attitudes and convictions were already being sown by what he saw
and heard in his first five years of life. The War Requiem was perhaps his greatest
effort to warn of the dangers and horrors of war.’
Guildford
Sat 26 Jan 2013
10.00 am
Come and Sing
Bach Mass in B minor
There will be a retiring collection in aid of ‘Help for Heroes'.
Normandy Village Hall
full details - see vivacechorus.org
Free pre-concert talk
The talk will be given by Dr Christopher Mark, senior lecturer in
musicology at the University of Surrey, whose research is focused on 20th
century English music. He has published book chapters, articles and reviews
on Elgar, Britten, Vaughan Williams and Tippett, and has also written two books
on Britten: Early Benjamin Britten was published in 1995 and the second,
Britten: An Extraordinary Life, is due for publication in late 2012.
Fri 4 January 2013
7.30 pm
Mozart
Requiem
St Martin-in-the-Fields
If you do not have a reserved concert seat,
you will be able to save a seat in the unreserved area prior to the talk.
Sat 9 March 2013
(
7.30 pm
)
About the Vivace Chorus
An
The 150-strong Vivace Chorus has established a reputation for performing first-
Evening of Elgar
class concerts across a diverse range of musical repertoire and thrives under
The Music Makers
the exceptional leadership of our Musical Director, Jeremy Backhouse, who is
and
supported by Francis Pott — not just a very fine rehearsal accompanist but a
Julian Lloyd Webber
composer of international reputation and a concert pianist in his own right.
playing the
Cello Concerto
At home with the great choral works of Mahler, Brahms, Verdi, Bach and
Elgar, the chorus also enjoys 21st century music having performed Karl
Jenkins' The Armed Man and Will Todd's Mass in Blue as part of our
G Live
Contemporary Choral Classics series. In 2009 the chorus commissioned a Te
Deurn by Will Todd, and in 2010 we made the first ever recording of this work.
Sat 25 May 2013
Amongst our most recent successes have been a sell-out performance at the
Royal Albert Hall, where we sang Mahler’'s Symphony No. 8 (the Symphony of a
7.30 pm
Contemporary
Choral Classics
Thousand) and a sell out at G Live for ‘A Night at the Opera’.
This summer we have been on a highly successful tour to Strasbourg,
Freiburg and Heidelberg.
Chilcott, Rutter, Todd
We welcome new members across all voice parts, and rehearse at Holy Trinity
and Mealor
Church, Guildford on Monday evenings from 7.30
— 9.30. To find out more visit
vivacechorus.org
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on
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or
our
Guildford Cathedral
membership secretary at membership
@ vivacechorus.org
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There is ramped access into the Cathedral via the west door, and to the
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Refectory Restaurant and toilet facilities from a clearly marked passage to
University beside the Cathedral Offices. A few wheelchairs are
in case of any last-minute changes.
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available within the Cathedral.
Please check our website:
vivacechorus.org