A delicate summer poesy of song, with music to touch the heart strings, including John Rutter’s trio of Shakespeare settings, dedicated to The Purcell Singers and featuring on our latest album, A Spotless Rose.

Programme:

Judith Weir - Love bade me welcome
Edward Elgar - My Love dwelt in a Northern Land; There is Sweet Music
Gustav Holst - I love my Love
Sven-David Sandström - Four Songs of Love
James MacMillan - The Gallant Weaver; Lassie wad ye lo’e me?
John Rutter - Three Shakespeare Songs
Mélanie Bonis - Adoro Te
Jonathan Dove - In beauty may I walk
Benjamin Britten - Five Flower Songs