Elgar’s Arthur Suite and Ian Venables Requiem Concert

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A programme pairing the music of two Worcestershire composers, Ian Venables and Edward Elgar. Ian Venables’ modern classic Requiem will be played in a powerful new version for choir and orchestra. Elgar’s touching and whimsical Mina was written by Elgar in memory of his beloved dog. Visions of Piers Plowman is Michael Berkeley’s musical response to the epic poem drawn from the Malvern Hills by William Langland.

Ian Venables – Requiem 40’
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William Grant Still – Summerland 3’

Edward Elgar – Mina 5’

Michael Berkeley – Visions of Piers Plowman 12’

Elgar – Selections from his music for Arthur 20′

Thursday 1 June 2023

7:30pm

Great Malvern Priory

£20