Concert

Ardingly College is joining in the nationwide celebrations to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth on November 22 with an evening of some of Britten’s finest choral music.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Nov 2013, 15:11 BST
Ardingly College joins the celebrations.Ardingly College joins the celebrations.
Ardingly College joins the celebrations.

The event takes place on Thursday, November 21, at 7.30pm at Ardingly College Chapel.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Future First Musicians will be joined by award-winning octet VOCES8 and the choirs of Ardingly College.

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The programme includes Rejoice in the Lamb, Friday Afternoons, Jubilate in C and A Hymn to the Virgin.

Ardingly is also honoured to be welcoming Michael Berkeley, Britten’s Godson, to the concert, which he will open with a short talk about the composer.

Baron Berkeley of Knighton’s own composition Listen, Listen O My Child, written for the recent Enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, will also be performed. The Independent described it as “a musical highlight, a soaring anthem.”

For tickets to the celebration email [email protected], call 01444 893230 or log on to www.musicatardingly.com.

Ardingly College is located in College Road, Ardingly.

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