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Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi

With the BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Image of Sofi Jeannin

The BBC Singers join the strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, organist Iain Farrington and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an emotive programme of music to touch the very heavens.

Enjoy the delicate flight of angels in works by Sir James MacMillan and Dame Judith Weir, and Caroline Shaw’s haunting To the Hands, which brings the sacred sounds of Grigorian chant to a piece about Jesus’ crucified hands. 

At the heart of the concert is Herbert Howells’ powerful and intimate letter to grief. His soul-stirring Hymnus Paradisi, originally written as a private response to the death of his 9-year-old son, Michael, premiered 12 years after its completion at the Three Choirs Festival in 1950, following encouragement from fellow composer Vaughan Williams.

Tagged with: Classical music BBC Singers

Programme

Sir James MacMillan Who are these angels?
Caroline Shaw To the hands
Dame Judith Weir My guardian angel
Einojuhani Rautavaara Die erste Elegie
Herbert Howells Hymnus Paradisi (orch Iain Farrington)

Performers

BBC Singers
Academy of Ancient Music
Sofi Jeannin conductor

Ticket prices

£12

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