Commotio Summer Concert – La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Sat 22 June 19:30 - 21:30
Commotio returns to SJE Arts with a summer programme filled with magical texts and intricate harmonies. From stories of doomed knights and alluring fae, and mysterious Presences to tales of lovers lost in London, or those out of love with London, Matthew Berry has selected rare choral gems from British choral composers of the past century.
Benjamin Britten Advance Democracy
Lennox Berkeley The Midnight Murk
Kenneth Leighton London Town
Patrick Gazard Presences
John Ireland The Hills
Tarik O’Regan Threshold of Night
Interval
Sarah Cattley O Western Wind … An anniversary
Geoffrey Bush La Belle Dame sans Merci
E.J. Moeran Robin Hood Borne on His bier
Peter Warlock All the flowers of the Spring
Charles Villiers Stanford On Time
Lennox Berkeley The Midnight Murk
Kenneth Leighton London Town
Patrick Gazard Presences
John Ireland The Hills
Tarik O’Regan Threshold of Night
Interval
Sarah Cattley O Western Wind … An anniversary
Geoffrey Bush La Belle Dame sans Merci
E.J. Moeran Robin Hood Borne on His bier
Peter Warlock All the flowers of the Spring
Charles Villiers Stanford On Time
“I defy anyone to sing better than Commotio!” (Bob Chilcott, Composer)