San Francisco Lyric Chorus Fall 2019 Concerts: Music for Chorus, Harp, Flute

Presented by San Francisco Lyric Chorus

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The San Francisco Lyric Chorus, under the direction of Music Director Robert Gurney, presents:
With Harp, Flute & Chorus: Joyous Music for the Season

Program:

Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Kirke Mechem: Seven Joys of Christmas
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Wassail Song
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O My Dear Heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves for Harp & Flute
Ben Allaway, arr: Three 16th Century Spanish Carols: Dadme Albricias, Dansaron (E La Don Don), Riu Riu Chiu
Stephen Chatman: Lullay My Liking

Featured Musicians:
Meredith Clark, harp
Elizabeth Roddy, flute

Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols for harp and chorus is a Christmas classic. Modeled after the English ceremony of nine lessons and carols, Britten uses the nine carols to show the various moods surrounding the celebration of this joyous holiday.

San Francisco composer Kirke Mechem composed his Seven Joys of Christmas for harp and chorus in 1964. He sets seven carols from different countries, each describing a different aspect of holiday joy.

We’ll sing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ delightful 1913 a cappella Wassail Song as well as his O My Dear Heart, a work for soprano, alto and harp, first published in 2009. To complete our Vaughan Williams set, our harpist and our flautist will perform Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute and Harp.

California composer Ben Allaway has arranged three charming 16th century Spanish carols for chorus, flute, and harp: Dadme Albricias, Dansaron (E La Don Don), and the popular Riu Riu Chiu.

American/Canadian composer Stephen Chatman has created a lilting, haunting setting of the 15th century English carol, Lullay My Liking, for chorus and harp.

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City: San Francisco
Price Range:
$25. Free to students (Under 18 or with ID). Please, no children under 5
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Program Items

Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Kirke Mechem Seven Joys of Christmas
Ralph Vaughan Williams Wassail Song; O My Dear Heart; Fantasia on Greensleeves for Harp & Flute
Ben Allaway, arr. Three 16th Century Spanish Carols: Dadme Albricias, Dansaron (E La Don Don), Riu Riu Chiu
Stephen Chatman Lullay My Liking

Performers

Robert Gurney Conductor
Meredith Clark Harp
Elizabeth Roddy Flute

Trinity Episcopal Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

1668 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States