Saturday 20 November 2021 Evensong

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Saturday, 20 November 2021

This men's voices service features a canticles setting by a former member of the choir, Piers Connor Kennedy. The setting was originally written for Worcester Cathedral Choir, and Kennedy makes use of intricate harmonies and a solid low bass line. The anthem in this service is by the twentieth century German composer Franz Biebl who originally wrote the piece for a parish choir in his hometown of Fürstenfeldbruck.

 

 

 

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Continuing their Magnificat series, and the last album of Andrew Nethsingha’s tenure as director, The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge present Magnificat 4 with works from composers including Judith Weir, Jonathan Dove, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange and Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Magnificat 4 includes two commissions written specially for the Choir of St John's College; Jonathan Dove's 2022 canticle setting St John's Service, and Judith Weir's 2011 service of the same name.

Winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for classical music, Jonathan Dove CBE has composed a broad range of works and is one of the most successful British composers today. 

Jonathan was kind enough to share insights into his St John's Service, the compositional process, and what we can look forward to in the future.

The commitment, projection and natural energy of this choir have never failed to inspire me

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