Petros Singers – A Royal Occasion – 7:30pm
A Royal Occasion
Celebrating 400 years of music written for and performed at the great royal coronations, weddings and funerals
In the month of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Petros Singers will be performing a diverse programme of music for royal occasions: from magnificent compositions of imperial splendour to exquisite, contemplative miniatures, the works neatly mirror the history of both the country and the family they honour.
Petros Singers – a well-regarded chamber choir – is delighted to be joined by the three musicians who so memorably performed Handel’s Eternal Source of Light Divine at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle in 2018. Alongside this, they will be performing both much-loved and lesser-known works – please see below for full programme details.
Join them in the beautiful surroundings of Holy Trinity Sloane Square for this spectacular concert – complete with trumpet fanfares!
Elin Manahan Thomas Soprano
David Blackadder Trumpet
Luke Bond Organ
Richard Bannan Musical Director
Zadok the Priest – George Frideric Handel
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon
Eternal Source of Light Divine – George Frideric Handel
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
Thou knowest Lord – Henry Purcell
Blest are the departed – Louis Spohr
Coronation March – Edward Elgar
Gloria in Excelsis – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Jubilate Deo – Benjamin Britten
I was Glad – Sir C Hubert H Parry
This is the Day – John Rutter
Let the Bright Seraphim – George Frideric Handel
Let thy hand be strengthened – John Blow
How lovely are thy dwellings – Johannes Brahms
Crown Imperial – William Walton
Laudate Dominum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Blest pair of Sirens – Sir C Hubert H Parry
Tickets £25 | £20 concessions | £10 students/age 21 and under
Tickets are available in advance at petrossingers.org and on the door
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