“Time Becomes A Song” London Premiere Thursday 25th June 7pm

Illumination Chamber Choir, conducted by Alexander Campkin, will give the first London performance of Janet’s popular song cycle of John Clare poems. Clare’s powerful evocation of nature and of his intense feelings for his first love are matched by the choral agility and melting beauty of the musical settings. Commissioned in 2009 by the family of Alfred Tealby, with support from OCR, the work was first performed in a special celebration of the life and…

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“Sleep, O Cluster of Friends” premiere at Saffron Hall, Saturday 6th June at 7:30pm.

Janet’s setting of Matthew Arnold’s elegy for the Brontes, for chamber choir and harp, will be sung by Granta Chorale as part of its summer concert. Harpist Anne Denholm returns to Saffron Walden to accompany the choir. The piece combines traditional and modern techniques for the harp, first evoking gentle summer on the Yorkshire moors but then recognising that the stormier side of the Brontes’ landscape was more in keeping with their muse. http://www.grantachorale.org.uk/event043.php  

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Gaudeamus Igitur in JAM “Music of our Time” – Brandenburg Choral Festival

JAM (John Armitage Memorial) has chosen Gaudeamus Igitur for inclusion in the Music of our Time concert on Wednesday 18th March at St Bride’s, Fleet Street.   The concert, given by the choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge and Onyx Brass was conducted by Nicholas Cleobury and formed part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival. More details on http://www.jamconcert.org/concerts/music-of-our-time

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