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Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda – Group 3 (14 mins)

Holst Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? (7 mins)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle The Moth Requiem (20 mins)
Â鶹ԼÅÄ co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble: UK premiere

interspersed with a selection of motets from The Eton Choirbook (15th century)

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers
Nash Ensemble
Nicholas Kok conductor

Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Moth Requiem for women’s voices, alto flute and three harps, a dream-like incantation of the names of the dustier cousins of the sun-loving butterfly.

Pre-Reformation motets preserved in the Eton Choirbook thread through the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers’ alluring programme of works by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen, including the third set of Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda for female voices and harp, as a prelude to tonight’s performance of Indra.

There will be no interval

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