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USA Tour
Date: Monday 21st April 2025More information to be released closer to the time. -
The Choir of King’s College London
Christian Forshaw (saxophone)
Rosanna Wicks (soprano)
Richard Pinel (organ)
Ryan Hepburn (percussion)A candlelit concert celebrating the 21st anniversary of Christian Forshaw’s groundbreaking album ‘Sanctuary’ – which topped the classical charts in the year of its release. Simple ecclesiastical melodies inspired by Christian’s childhood as a church chorister are cast in a new contemporary light and developed into atmospheric concert pieces.
The programme includes:
Forshaw: Nunc Dimittis
Monk (arr. Forshaw): Abide with Me
Gibbons (arr. Forshaw) Drop, Drop Slow Tears
Anon. (arr. Forshaw): Mortal Flesh
Forshaw: Unknown Love -
Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Andante con moto (Mondscheinmusik) from Capriccio Richard Strauss (1864–1949) arr. Richard Pinel
Organ Sonata No. 2 Op. 60 Max Reger (1873–1916)
From Sonata in C minor Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
ii. Canzona
iii. Scherzetto
Toccata Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
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