O Radiant Luminary

Celebrating 150 Years of Vaughan Williams

November 12, 2022 | 8:00 pm | $30 General Admission
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle

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Ralph Vaughan Williams was unquestionably one of the leading composers of choral music in the twentieth century. While his large-scale works are mainstream repertoire, much of his music for unaccompanied chamber choir remains neglected outside England. He arranged dozens of folksongs for chorus, including the famed Loch Lomond, and wrote for coronations and other Anglican and Catholic rites. He also set great English literature in a musical language far removed from his folksong- and Renaissance-inspired works. We will present examples taken from throughout his compositional life, with several works you’ve probably never heard in concert before. In addition, we will present the Mass in G minor, one of history’s greatest settings of this historic text, sung by one voice per part. It is a true celebration of this master composer’s sesquicentennial.

Repertoire

• Vaughan Williams: A Choral Flourish (1956)
• Vaughan Williams: Rest (1902)
• Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea (arr. Arthur Somervell) (1901)
• Vaughan Williams: Down among the dead men (1912)
• Vaughan Williams: Love is a sickness (1913)
• Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond (1921)
• Vaughan Williams: Prayer to the Father of Heaven (1948)
• Vaughan Williams: John Dory (1934)
• Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor (1921)