The 'dazzling' and 'fresh thinking' Corvus Consort, founded and directed by Freddie Crowley, comprises some of the UK's finest young professional acapella singers. Their combination of musical excellence, passionate performance and imaginative presentation makes them hugely popular with audiences. In their programme ‘A Million Nightingales’, Corvus Consort reveals how musicians and poets have regarded and drawn inspiration from their avian friends, from the 15th century, through renaissance madrigals, traditional folk songs, 20th-century British music, to songs by leading, living composers.
Programme to include:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Silence and Music
Linda Hirschhorn (b. 1960) - I have a million nightingales
Orlando Gibbons - The Silver Swan
Maurice Ravel - Trois Beaux Oiseaux
Clément Janequin - Le Chant des Oiseaux
Karine Polwart (b. 1970) - Follow the Heron
Trad., arr. Edward T. Chapman - The Three Ravens
Trad., arr. Freddie Crowley (b. 1995) - The Blackest Crow
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968) - Celestial Bird
and other avian inspired choral works and poetry.
Event description by organisers.
