Stephen Layton brings DR Vocal Ensemble to London
Stephen Layton will be conducting the Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble in a concert at St John Smith's Square on Sunday, 20th April. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of Europe's finest choirs in London perform with their Principal Guest Conductor, a much more frequent artist at St John Smith's Square! The programme features works by Carl Nielsen - arguably Denmark's most famous musical son - and the less well known Niels La Cour, alongside Poulenc's pinnacles of the choral repertoire, the Chansons françaises and Sept chansons.
Please contact Sarah Trelawny for more information: sarah.trelawny@hazardchase.co.uk.
Tickets are available from the St John's Smith Square box office, on 020 7222 1061.
Poulenc Chansons françaises;
Un soir du neige;
Sept chansons
Nielsen Three motets
La Cour Beatitudini
Stephen Layton recently recorded Poulenc's Gloria and sacred choral music, to fantastic reviews:
Polyphony – Poulenc Gloria and other choral works:
“…music making of immense power and vibrancy … brilliantly directed by Layton … it is the vivid sense of unfettered joy in the Gloria and the matchless intensity of feeling revealed in the motets that make this such a gloriously distinguished disc.”
Gramophone, April 2008
“…absolutely electric … this terrific album. When the massed forces of Polyphony, the Britten Sinfonia and the Trinity College Choir ring out at full strength, the sound is simply incredible…”
Editor’s Choice, Gramophone, April 2008
