OPENING GALA CONCERT

12 ENSEMBLE

MARY BEVAN soprano 

Edmund Finnis Hymn 

Vaughan Williams  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 

Ludwig van Beethoven Heiliger Dankgesang from String Quartet in A minor, Op.132

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Dowland  Lachrimae Antiquae (arr. Ruisi) 

Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations  

The 12 Ensemble, expanded to 15 for this special concert, are returning to NNMF to perform Vaughan Williams’ richly-textured Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, the late Beethoven transcendental slow movement, Heiliger Dankgesang from his String Quartet in A minor, Op.132, and Dowland’s Lachrimae Antiquae (arr. Ruisi).

Distinguished soprano, Mary Bevan, will join the Ensemble for Benjamin Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations, his magnificent, colourful setting of poems by Arthur Rimbaud.