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SUMMARY:Spring concert - The Lark Ascending
DESCRIPTION:The Lark Ascending\n\nFolk songs and pastoral music for choir a
 nd solo violin\n\n\n	 \n\n\n\n	 \n\n\nChandos Chamber Choir is delighted
  to present a programme of choral music for choir and solo violin which br
 ings together a selection of folk songs mainly from the British Isles.\n\n
 \n	 \n\n\n\n	At the heart of our repertoire this evening is an arrangemen
 t by Paul Drayton of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending for voic
 es and solo violin. This intriguing arrangement of this beloved orchestral
  piece re-affirms its inspiration by George Meredith’s poem of the same 
 name by setting the text to Vaughan Williams’ music as sung by the vario
 us voice parts.\n\n\n\n	 \n\n\n\n	Other nations are represented by Ae Fon
 d Kiss\, arranged by Hugh Robertson and The Gallant Weaver by James MacMil
 lan\, both settings of poems by Robert Burns\, and Swansea Town\, a tradit
 ional air arranged by Gustav Holst. Geantraí (which can be translated as 
 “joy music” or “happy song”) represents one of the three noble str
 ains of Irish music: the piece of this name by Michael McGlynn creates a r
 hythmic song using various texts of children’s verses from the Irish tra
 dition.\n\n\n\n	 \n\n\n\n	Venturing slightly further afield\, Gjermund La
 rsen’s arrangement of Gropen is a similarly joyous Norwegian folk song. 
 And in a melding of shared human experience\, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Ancient
  Prairie sets a ninth-century Chinese poem by Bai Juyi as part of his 2015
  work Whispers on the Prairie Wind commissioned by the Utah Symphony\, and
  is equally evocative of the American west as it is the Chinese countrysid
 e.\n\n\n\n	 \n\n\n\n	We look forward to seeing you at St Saviour’s Piml
 ico on Thursday 26 March for an evening of beautiful and joyful folk music
 .\n\n\n\n	 \n\n\n\nFor full event details\, visit: https://www.chandoscha
 mberchoir.org.uk/Spring26
LOCATION:St Saviour's Church\,\, St George's Square\,\, London\,\, SW1V 3QW
 .
URL:https://www.chandoschamberchoir.org.uk/Spring26
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