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30 Jul 2024, Worcester Cathedral
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers 2023-24 Three Choirs Festival with Anna Lapwood

Three Choirs Festival with Anna Lapwood
Three Choirs Festival with Anna Lapwood
19:00 Tue 30 Jul 2024 Worcester Cathedral
We are joined by organist Anna Lapwood, tenor Mark Padmore, Philharmonia Orchestra Ensemble and our Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an evocative programme of music at the celebrated Three Choirs Festival.
We are joined by organist Anna Lapwood, tenor Mark Padmore, Philharmonia Orchestra Ensemble and our Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an evocative programme of music at the celebrated Three Choirs Festival.

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About This Event

The hope of freedom from suffering is at the heart of Poulenc’s impassioned Figure humaine.

Written during the Nazi occupation of France, it is one of the most beautiful choral works of the last hundred years and a moving tribute to all who fought for France during the Second World War.

The theme is echoed in Judith Weir’s In the Land of Uz, a dramatised song of the Bible story of Job. Singers and instruments bring the different characters to life as we hear Job’s sufferings, his lament, and his final acceptance of old age.

The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers are joined by Anna Lapwood, whose transcriptions for organ of the Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten are interspersed with Kristina Arakelyan’s Seascapes, creating an evocative musical picture.

This concert will be recorded for future broadcast

Performance of Figure humaine supported by David and Patricia Ball.
Anna Lapwood supported by Fr Michael Thomas.

Image: Anna Lapwood