Dvorák's lovely and lyrical Mass in D, 'music of pure beauty and consummate art, movingly dramatic and a jubilant masterpiece'.We are also singing pieces from Cecilia McDowall's 'A Fancy of Folksongs' & from Bob Chilcott's 'Songbook'.
Conductor Tim Pithers, Organist David House, Pianist Carol Galton.
Come to a traditional Midnight Communion Service... Broadclyst Church EX5 3EL, Pinhoe Church EX4 8HS or Clyst Honton Church EX5 2LZ. Services all start at 11.30pm
In recognition of the World War One centenary, Exeter University Choral Society is performing Karl Jenkins’ highly acclaimed work; ‘The Armed Man’ in the atmospheric Cathedral. Dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo Crisis, Jenkins intended this piece to have an anti-war stance. Jenkins acheives this through the use of diverse cross-cultural styles of music, including the Catholic Mass, a fifteenth century folk song entitled ‘L’Homme armé’ and a Muezzin soloist. The text also includes influences from the Bible, the Mahabharata and Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Hymn Before Action’. ‘The Armed Man’ is...
