Londinium Chamber Choir
Andrew Griffiths, conductor
In this enchanting programme, Londinium takes to the air to explore the domain of birds and other flying creatures. We encounter nightingales, swans, bees, swallows and much else besides, pairing fine recent works by Gabriel Jackson, Cecilia McDowall, Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Dove, and Caroline Shaw with madrigals and chansons by Byrd, Janequin, Gibbons, and the ‘father of English bee-keeping’, Rev. Charles Butler. Completing this colourful selection are classic works by Finzi, Stanford, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and Tippett, and Eric Whitacre’s dazzlingly inventive response to Leonardo da Vinci’s dream of human flight.
Cecilia McDowall: Here hum the bees