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Portsmouth Choral Union sing St John Passion by Bob Chilcott
Conductor: David Gostick
Organ: Ian Richardson
Evangelist: Nicholas Sharratt
Chilcott’s mighty setting of words from St John’s Gospel is a dramatic yet optimistic re-telling of the Passiontide story.
The work combines thirteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetry with texts from the King James Bible and, as with Bach’s great Passion settings, the role of the Evangelist is taken by the tenor soloist, who provides a melodious narrative throughout. Including five well-known hymn texts set to new, original melodies.
Bob Chilcott has become one of the world’s most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative.
He has been involved in choral music most of his life – he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King’s Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres.
Organ: Ian Richardson
Evangelist: Nicholas Sharratt
Chilcott’s mighty setting of words from St John’s Gospel is a dramatic yet optimistic re-telling of the Passiontide story.
The work combines thirteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetry with texts from the King James Bible and, as with Bach’s great Passion settings, the role of the Evangelist is taken by the tenor soloist, who provides a melodious narrative throughout. Including five well-known hymn texts set to new, original melodies.
Bob Chilcott has become one of the world’s most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative.
He has been involved in choral music most of his life – he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King’s Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres.
Saturday 16 March 2024 at 5.30 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.
Tickets: www.pcuchoir.org
Adults: £17.50 Children / Students: £2.50
Email: pcutickets@gmail.com
Tickets: www.pcuchoir.org
Adults: £17.50 Children / Students: £2.50
Email: pcutickets@gmail.com
St Mary’s Church,
Fratton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 5PA
Sat 16 March
Website:
www.pcuchoir.org
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