Songs of Beauty

7:30 pm · Saturday 30 August
ST PETER’S CATHEDRAL · 27 King William Road, NORTH ADELAIDE
Karl Geiger Conductor
Aurora Strings
David Heah Organ
John Rutter’s Three Shakespeare Songs bring the Bard’s timeless verses to life with cheerful warmth. His predecessor Ralph Vaughan Williams’ own Shakespeare Songs provide contrast with their darker, velvety sonorities. Libby Croad’s Brontë Suite and other poetry settings come together in this marriage of lyricism and harmony.
Works include:
LIBBY CROAD The Brontë Suite
JOHN RUTTER For the beauty of the earth
JOHN RUTTER Three Shakespeare Songs
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD The bluebird
JOHN TAVENER Song for Athene
WILL TODD Renew me in the sunlight
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Three Shakespeare Songs
ERIC WHITACRE Five Hebrew Love Songs