Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Alison Gill, piano
Tim Burke, conductor

Johannes Brahms: O schöne Nacht! from 4 Quartets
Robert Schumann (arr. Tim Burke): In der Nacht from Spanisches Liederspiel
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (arr. Denis Rouger): Zauberkreis
Gabriel Fauré: Le ruisseau
Maurice Ravel (arr. Roderick Williams): Adagio from Piano Concerto in G Major
Lili Boulanger: Hymne au soleil
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E minor

Bruckner’s Second Mass is based on traditional plainchant and on the choral music of the Renaissance, with the polyphonic texture supported by wind instruments, melding seamlessly with the voices. The work was first performed outdoors and it is suggested that the unusual scoring helped the sound to carry. Uplifting and majestic, the music spans quiet thoughtfulness and full-throated celebration.

The Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia also perform choral music with a nocturnal theme, showing the full range of the human voice and including arrangements of solo songs by Fanny Hensel and Robert Schumann.

Tickets: £26.50 / students and u-18s £5