Cappella Nova: Songs of Hope and Farewell
Saturday 28th June 2025, 7:30 PM at St Luke’s Church, Hatfield Road, Wellsway, Bath, Somerset, BA2 2BD, England
Programme
Benjamin Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia, Op.27
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn
Ola Geilo – Ubi Caritas
Charles Villiers Stanford – Beati Quorum Via
Charles Villiers Stanford – Justorum Animae
Kerry Andrew – O Nata Lux
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 1, My Soul there is a country
Eriks Esenvalds – Only in Sleep
Moses Hogan – Deep River
James Erb – Shenandoah
Undine Smith Moore – Daniel, Daniel.
Natalia Tsupryk – Tyhoyi Nochi
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Bluebird
Edward Elgar – The Saga of King Olaf: ‘As Torrents In Summer’
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The turtle dove
Performers
Tony Shield – Conductor
Cappella Nova, Bath
Programme Note
On 28th June Cappella Nova say farewell to Tony Shield, our conductor and musical director, who is retiring after 24 years of music-making with the choir.
In this special concert we mark Tony’s contribution with a programme based on some of our favourite music both serious and light-hearted, featuring a wide range of composers including Rachmaninov, Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Parry. The programme also includes Britten’s celebration of Saint Cecilia – the patron saint of music.
A charity concert in aid of the Genesis Trust