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| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, LondonA Portrait of Venice Spitalfields Music Summer Festival |
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| St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London, Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JN, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm A Portrait of Venice The Royal Academy of Music Brass Ensemble and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, come together for this celebration of Venetian and English art and music. The programme stretches from the influential compositions of Heinrich Schütz, to the quintessentially English Purcell, right up to the present day with a new piece by Academy student Carter Callison. This evening’s programme will also feature a new work written and conducted by Elgar Howarth, inspired by the painters, poets and musicians of Venice and in particular Giovanni Gabrieli, the 400th anniversary of whose death fell last year. 6.30pm Insight talk: A discussion about this evening’s programme between Graham Ross and Elgar Howarth. This event is free for concert ticket holders. | ||