麻豆约拍

麻豆约拍 Singers
25 Mar 2016, King's College Cambridge

Easter at King's College Cambridge

Easter at King's College, Cambridge
Easter at King's College Cambridge
19:30 Fri 25 Mar 2016 King's College Cambridge
Marking Good Friday, Stephen Cleobury conducts the 麻豆约拍 Singers and 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra in this compelling concert at King's College, Cambridge.
Marking Good Friday, Stephen Cleobury conducts the 麻豆约拍 Singers and 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra in this compelling concert at King's College, Cambridge.

Programme

Concert Information

Haydn鈥檚 Seven Last Words is possibly his most profound work and one he was justifiably proud of. It resulted from a commission in C谩diz for a Good Friday work as part of the liturgical reading of the seven last sentences of Christ in a dramatically darkened cathedral. He said 鈥渋t was no easy task to compose seven adagios lasting ten minutes each, and to succeed one another without fatiguing the listeners; indeed, I found it quite impossible to confine myself to the appointed limits鈥︹ The resulting work is utterly compelling and deeply moving.