Category: Didcot Choral Society
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Rossini Programme Notes
Petite Messe Solennelle seems a curious name for this large-scale choral work. Translating to mean ‘Little Solemn Mass’, this title is wrong on almost every count; it is not little (it fills an entire concert repertoire), it is certainly not solemn (it is almost dripping with boisterous frivolity), and it would seem most out of
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Rutter’s Magnificat Programme Notes
Music and the Magnificat The Magnificat, as recorded in Luke’s Gospel, is a hymn that has become a cornerstone for music making within the Church for over two millennia. In the Gospel, Mary sings these words on hearing that she will bear the Son of God. Today, we see the text used liturgically in the
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Music from the British Isles – Programme Notes
The Choral music in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales has often taken a different trajectory from its European counterparts. In part, this was due to the increased time it took for artistic ideas to permeate to Britain from the various cultural centres of Venice, the Vatican, or even Vienna. It is possibly the historical context