Bird/Song
Choral music of the feathered variety including works by Vaughan Williams, Stanford & Gibbons
From the warble of a nightingale to the chatter of a chaffinch, birds of every feather have exercised the imaginations of composers and poets throughout the centuries.
This November, CML returns to Temple Church for a concert inspired by both the majesty of birds in flight and their mellifluous vocal dexterity.
The concert will feature violinist Ian Belton performing a special arrangement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s soaring and elegiac tone poem The Lark Ascending, with the choir providing vocal accompaniment.
Choral favourites will also feature, including Charles Villiers Stanford’s popular and gravity-defying partsong The Blue Bird.
The concert promises a kaleidoscopic array of colourful plumages and tuneful avian tweets, including an owl, a cuckoo and a turtle dove, in an eclectic and uplifting programme, in one of the capital’s most atmospheric and historic venues.
Ian Belton is a founder member of the Brodsky Quartet, and has remained an active member of the group for over 40 years.
He has performed over 3,000 concerts worldwide and has played on more than 60 recordings.
Ian has also performed and recorded regularly with the Adderbury Ensemble for more than two decades.
Saturday November 22, 7.30 pm
Temple Church
Temple
London EC4Y 7BB
Tickets £20 / £18 concessions on the door
£18 / £16 concessions in advance on 07812 599340
