American Theme for Hogarth Singers' Summer Concert
Programme includes settings of works by poets from the US
The Hogarth Singers
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June 25, 2023
The theme of the Programme for the Hogarth Singers’ Summer Concert is Americana.
The performance which takes place on Saturday 1 July , at 7.30pm at St Michael and All Angels Church (W4 1TT) will feature works by modern American composers, including Samuel Barber’s setting of Sure on this shining night by the novelist and film critic James Agee; Aaron Copland’s adaptation of At the river, and Four Motets; Morten Lauridsen’s setting of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Dirait-on.
The programme also includes settings of works by American poets, including Bob Chilcott’s The modern man I sing, settings of three poems by Walt Whitman, and Sir Michael Tippett’s setting of five Spirituals from his oratorio, A child of our time.
Finally, there will be a performance of Ave Maria by the German composer Franz Biebl, who was a prisoner of war in Michigan.
The concert will be conducted by the choir’s Music Director Rupert Gill.
Tickets are available from hogarthsingers.uk, or by calling 07341 413884. They can also be purchased on the door for £15 or £13 for concessions; advance tickets cost £14 in advance, £12 concessions, and under 16’s are free
Hogarth Singers evolved from a choir set up in IBM called The Meistersingers in the early 1980s. It is a registered charity which has the aim of promoting a love of choral music and developing public education in the art and science of music in all its aspects by presenting public concerts and recitals.
Membership ranges between 50 – 60 people and it sings a wide range of choral music, both sacred and secular. Three concerts are staged each year but the group also organises other activities which enable the choir to sing in a new setting and to enjoy some more sociable experiences not always involving singing.
For more information see hogarthsingers.uk or call 07747 490422.
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