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Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda – Group 3 (14 mins)

Holst Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? (7 mins)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle The Moth Requiem (20 mins)
±«Óãtv co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble: UK premiere

interspersed with a selection of motets from The Eton Choirbook (15th century)

±«Óãtv Singers
Nash Ensemble
Nicholas Kok conductor

Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Moth Requiem for women’s voices, alto flute and three harps, a dream-like incantation of the names of the dustier cousins of the sun-loving butterfly.

Pre-Reformation motets preserved in the Eton Choirbook thread through the ±«Óãtv Singers’ alluring programme of works by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen, including the third set of Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda for female voices and harp, as a prelude to tonight’s performance of Indra.

There will be no interval

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