Name: Howells Hymnus Paradisi
Start: 2024-06-29T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Bristol Beacon

A summer treat focusing on love, music and nature: Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Howells are the trio of well loved British composers who feature in this concert by Bristol Choral Society.
Ralph Vaughan Williams celebrated the 150th year of his birth in 2022, and Bristol has been ringing with his music ever since. This concert showcases his Serenade to Music, first performed in 1938 to honour Sir Henry Wood on the occasion of his jubilee. Shakespeare’s words provide the lyrics for this piece, and the moon will ‘shine bright in such a night as this’ inside the Bristol Beacon.
Composed in the same year, Howells’ ‘Hymnus Paradisi’ was inspired by the death of his own son. Deeply felt and uplifting, this piece has been an inspiration to composers since its first performance at the Three Choirs Festival in 1950.
Finally, wonder and awe are also central to Gerald Finzi’s ‘Dies Natalis’, celebrating the miracle of birth and life, a cantata for tenor soloist and strings.
All three of these composers are part of a proud British tradition of collaboration and support, in which established names still speak out, both to each other and to newcomers. Come and be inspired!
Booking information will be posted when available.