A Coronation Celebration with Simon Callow & ORA Singers
£30 (£20 ages 24 & under)
- Simon Callow, narrator
Hubert Parry — I Was Glad
Judith Weir — By Wisdom
William Byrd — I will not leave you comfortless
John Rutter — This is the Day
James MacMillan — Who shall separate us?
Anonymous — Rejoice in the Lord always (attrib. John Redford)
Henry Purcell — Hear my prayer O Lord, Z. 15
Bob Chilcott — O Lord Make Thy Servant, Elizabeth Our Queen (ORA Singers Commission)
William McKie — We wait for thy loving kindness
Paul Mealor — Ubi Caritas
William Walton — Coronation Te Deum
Peter Boyer — Today we ask (world premiere; ORA Singers Commission)
The award-winning ORA Singers presents a spectacular concert celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III.
Join ORA Singers and the group's Director, Suzi Digby OBE, for a one-time-only performance with organ, brass and percussion exploring Music from Royal Occasions through four centuries, with favourites from Purcell, Handel, Elgar, and Parry, and other stunning works, that have been performed at Royal weddings and Coronations.
This concert will feature the World Premiere of a new work by the multi-award winning composer, Peter Boyer, setting brand new text written to mark the Coronation. ORA Singers will be joined by the renowned actor, Simon Callow, reading first-hand accounts of Coronations across the centuries.
About ORA Singers
ORA Singers is an award-winning vocal ensemble and world-leading commissioner of choral music. In its first five years the group has released 9 albums to critical acclaim, performed in the UK, the USA and Europe, had its music and music videos broadcast across the globe (and in every continent including Antarctica) and commissioned over 50 new choral works.
https://www.orasingers.co.uk