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Join the Brighton Festival Chorus and Youth Choir and Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by James Morgan at All Saints Church, Hove on Saturday 18 July for a richly atmospheric programme exploring humanity’s relationship with nature, loss, and transcendence. The concert opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus’. Based on the English folk song of the same name, it has become one of his best loved works, and was played at Vaughan Williams’ funeral in 1958.
From there, we turn to the deeply personal voice of Herbert Howells in his Elegy for Viola and String Orchestra – a poignant meditation on grief and remembrance.
A special highlight of the evening is 'Nature’s Lament', an original work by students of BHASVIC. This powerful new piece reflects the urgency of the climate crisis through fresh, contemporary voices, offering both challenge and hope.
Following the interval, one of the most profound choral works of the twentieth century: Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi. Written in the shadow of personal tragedy, this extraordinary composition moves from darkness to radiant consolation, blending choir and orchestra in music of luminous beauty and spiritual depth.
Set within the stunning surroundings of All Saints, Hove, this promises to be an unforgettable evening of music that speaks to the heart and the enduring power of human creativity & hope.
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All Saints Hove, The Drive,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom
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