The Choir Boys of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

The Choir Boys of St. Paul’s Cathedral

Andrew Carwood, conductor
Simon Johnson, organ

Presented by the Moore-Wilkerson Fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip, Friends of Cathedral Music, and the British Consulate-General Atlanta

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Join us for a delightful evening of musical gems for boys’ voices by Britten and Poulenc, to name but two of the great composers whose music will be presented on this concert. The Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is one of the most renowned Choirs of Men & Boys in the world. Known worldwide from its many recordings and, throughout modern history, its participation in services on national occasions, most recently HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (2012) and the funeral of Baroness Thatcher (2013), the Choir’s main responsibility is to sing the daily choral services of St Paul’s Cathedral, for which it maintains one of the largest active choral repertoires of any choir, anywhere.

Program:
Felix Mendelssohn, Drei Motteten (Veni Domine, Laudate pueri, Surrexit pastor bonus)
Felix Mendelssohn, Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1 (organ solo)
George Malcolm, Five Motets (Benedic anima mea, Custodi me, Domine exaudi, Eripe me, Desiderium animae)
Benjamin Britten, Missa brevis in D, Op. 63
Gabriel Fauré, Pie Jesu
Nadia Boulanger, Lux aeterna
Francis Poulenc, Litanies à la Vierge noire
Maurice Duruflé, Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (organ solo)
Hubert H. Parry, Long since in Egypt’s plenteous land
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The song of the tree of life
Mark Blatchly, For the fallen
arr. John Scott, How can I keep from singing
John Rutter, For the beauty of the earth