Parry Centenary Song Recital A selection of songs from Parry and his contemporaries to celebrate 100 years since Parry's death. The programme as follows: My true love hath my heart - Parry Maienthau Op.23 no. 2 - Bennett Therese - Therese, Op.86 no.1 - Brahms Die Mainacht (The May Night), Op.43 no.2 - Brahms So lass uns wandern! - So Let Us Wander! , Op.75 no.3 - Brahms O Mistress mine - Parry Take, o take those lips away - Parry Blow, blow thou winter wind - Parry Through the ivory gate - Parry Summum bonum - Vaughan Williams Weep you no more, sad fountains - Parry The Trellis - Ireland On a time the amorous Silvy - Parry Nightfall in winter - Parry My Heart is like a singing bird - Parry From a city window - Parry Twelfth Night, Op.65: Clown's Songs: O mistress mine - Stanford The heart worships - Holst The Last Invocation - Bridge The sound of hidden music - Parry An Old Man’s Lullaby - Howells Louise Alder, Soprano Nicky Spence, Tenor William Vann, Piano

The 65 voices of the Choral Arts Society, with a guest string quartet, will present “Darkness to Light,” a program of classical choral music on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2201 Northwestern Ave., Racine. This concert will feature music that illumines the human experience, from pain and sorrow to joy and happiness. Two works by celebrated composer Ola Gjeilo, his settings of “Dark Night of the Soul” by St. John of the Cross and “Across the Vast Eternal Sky,” by Charles Anthony Silvestri about the rise of the mythical phoenix, will be featured works. A traditional setting of John McCrae’s moving poem “In Flanders Fields” will pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. Beautiful and inspirational choral music by J.S. Bach, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, and Healey Willan will round out this diverse programme. Programme is as follows: Nunc Dimittis in B Flat – Stanford Responsories for the Offices of Tenebrae – Healey Willan Kom süsser Tod – J.S. Bach Dark Night of the Soul – Poem by St. John of the Cross, Music by Ola Gjeilo In Flanders Fields – Words by Dr. John McCrae, Music by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson La Nuit – Jean Philippe Rameau Lux Aurumque – Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri, Music by Eric Whitacre Across the Vast Eternal Sky – Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri, Music by Ola Gjeilo  

This event is part of the Oxford Lieder Festival 2018. This lunchtime concert explores the songs of Parry, but also the music of those who influenced him – notably Johannes Brahms – contemporaries such as Stanford, and those who followed in his footsteps, including Vaughan Williams and Ireland. Parry - Songs: selection Brahms -Lieder: selection Stanford - Songs: selection Vaughan Williams - Songs: selection Ireland - Songs: selection Mary Bevan, Soprano Nicky Spence, Tenor William Vann, Piano

This event is part of the 2018 Oxford Lieder Festival. Little introduction is needed for one of today’s great singers, Sarah Connolly, joined by her longstanding duo partner Eugene Asti. They perform an array of wonderful English song, from Bridge to Britten and Holst to Howells. Stanford - Songs: selection Moeran - Songs: selection Vaughan Williams - Songs: selection Gurney - Songs: selection Somervell - Songs: selection Howells - Songs: selection Holst - Songs: selection Works by Gibbs Britten - A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and piano, Op.41 Bridge - Songs: selection Tippett - Songs for Ariel Herbert - Songs: selection Clarke - Songs: selection Beamish - Day of these Days Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano Eugene Asti, Piano

Songs of Farewell This concert marks both the centenary of the Armistice and the death of Hubert Parry, who had a close association with OBC over many years. Parry’s Songs of Farewell was composed during the First World War, with OBC giving the world premiere as a complete cycle. The concert also includes music reflecting on the war by Stanford, Ireland, Vaughan Williams and Elgar, as well as The Wind on the Downs from Jonathan Dove’s 2014 cantata For an Unknown Soldier, recently recorded by OBC. The music will be interspersed with readings appropriate to the theme of war and remembrance. Parry - Songs of Farewell Stanford - For lo, I raise up, Op.145 Dove - The Wind on the Downs, from ‘For an Unknown Soldier’ Ireland - Greater Love Elgar - Sospiri for string orchestra and harp, Op.70 (arranged for violin and organ) Vaughan Williams - Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Psalm 90) Oxford Bach Choir Benjamin Nicholas, Conductor Francesca Millar, Soprano Tom Herring, Bass Hawksley-Walker, Athena, Violin Stephen Clarke, Organ

This concert marks both the centenary of the Armistice and the death of Hubert Parry, who had a close association with OBC over many years. Parry’s Songs of Farewell was composed during the First World War, with OBC giving the world premiere as a complete cycle. The concert also includes music reflecting on the war by Stanford, Ireland, Vaughan Williams and Elgar, as well as The Wind on the Downs from Jonathan Dove’s 2014 cantata For an Unknown Soldier, recently recorded by OBC. The music will be interspersed with readings appropriate to the theme of war and remembrance. Parry – Songs of Farewell Stanford – For lo, I raise up, Op.145 Dove – The Wind on the Downs, from ‘For an Unknown Soldier’ Ireland – Greater Love Elgar – Sospiri for string orchestra and harp, Op.70 (arranged for violin and organ) Vaughan Williams – Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Psalm 90) Oxford Bach Choir Benjamin Nicholas, Conductor Francesca Millar, Soprano Tom Herring, Bass Hawksley-Walker, Athena, Violin Stephen Clarke, Organ