Written for Dame Sarah Connolly and Tenebrae, Judith Bingham’s setting of Ivor Gurney’s poetry is surrounded by four of his songs, as well as valedictory pieces by Elgar and by Gurney’s friend Herbert Howells, preceding Schoenberg’s unaccompanied choral plea for peace on earth.

2018 marks the centenary of World War One, and Gurney’s elegiac compositions, which often are shadowed by his better known poetic output, emphasise the importance of remembrance. This concert also marks the launch of Tenebrae’s latest release, A Walk with Ivor Gurney.

Programme

Elgar They are at rest

Gurney Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty

Gurney By a bierside

Gurney In Flanders

Judith Bingham A Walk with Ivor Gurney

Howells Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

Gurney Sleep

– INTERVAL –

Parry Songs of Farewell

Schoenberg Friede auf Erden

Artist Information

Tenebrae

Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo soprano

Eugene Asti, piano

Nigel Short, conductor

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae