Duke Ellington Sacred Concert
saturday 20 July, 7.30pm
King's College Chapel, King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1ST
Priority booking for Friends of CSM opens Saturday 13 April. General booking opens Saturday 27 April
Crouch End Festival Chorus
David Temple conductor
Roland Perrin & The Blue Planet Orchestra
Zoë Brookshaw soprano
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
Hörst du nicht, Abendlich, Im Wald - from Gartenlieder
James McCarthy
A cappella choruses from 17 Days
Philip Glass
Three Songs
Duke Ellington
Sacred Concert
Celebrating their 40th anniversary, the acclaimed Crouch End Festival Chorus bring a very special programme to the splendour of King’s College Chapel.
Under the baton of their co-founder and Music Director David Temple OBE, they perform Duke Ellington’s 'Sacred Concert', blending traditional religious musical forms with the language of jazz. The piece has a long association with Cambridge after Ellington and his band performed it at a concert in Great St Mary’s Church in 1967.
The sublime choral music of McCarthy, Glass and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel promise to make this an unforgettable event.