Collegium Musicum Of London Chamber Choir

Moussorgsky/Rachmaninov
Pictures at an Exhibition/Vespers

Composed in 1874, Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists as well as a firm favourite with audiences all over the world.

A former BBC Young Musician of the Year semi-finaist, Timothy Sidford enjoys a flourishing career as a freelance pianist and music teacher. He has appeared extensively throughout the UK as well as concerts in Germany, Holland and the Czech Republic. In London he has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room,
St Martins-in-the-Fields, St James’s, Piccadilly, and Leighton House.

Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil, or Vespers, was composed in less than two weeks in 1915, and was warmly received at its first performance in Moscow later that year. However, the rise of the Soviet Union led to a ban on all religious music, and in 1918 the Synodal Choir was replaced by a ‘People's Choir Academy’, leading to the observation that "no composition represents the end of an era so clearly as this liturgical work".

Heavily influenced by Russian Orthodox chant, this beguiling masterpiece showcases exactly why Collegium Musicum – under the inspired leadership of BBC award-winning conductor Russell du Plessis – has become one of London’s most exciting chamber choirs.

Tickets 12.00
7.00 concessions
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