Ex Cathedra: Music for a Summer’s Evening
Thursday 12 June 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
As the sun sets and a long summer’s day drifts away, unwind with an evening of varied and vibrant music.
Join Ex Cathedra, and guest conductor Steven Grahl, to celebrate the joys of the season with madrigals, part-songs, close harmony, and readings from across the ages – performed by candlelight.
Ex Cathedra – hailed by the New York Times as ‘one of Britain’s very best choirs’ – perform music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Orlando Gibbons, Joanna Marsh and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Draw on, sweet night!
Programme includes:
Benjamin Britten Flower Songs
Cheryl Frances-Hoad So true a fool is love
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
George Gershwin arr. Skidmore It don’t mean a thing
Piers Connor Kennedy Songs – world premiere
Joanna Marsh now I lay (with everywhere around)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Ex Cathedra
Steven Grahl conductor
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| Thu 12 Jun | 7:30 PM | £35/£30/£25/£16/£10 | Book |
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