Tuesday, March 19, 2013

A Sequence of Music and Readings for Passiontide - March 24 - 4:00 p.m.

St Paul's Cathedral Choir presents A Sequence of Music and Readings for Passiontide in the stunning acoustic of Cronyn Hall at 4:00 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 24th.

The sequence starts and ends with Thomas Tallis' beautiful and haunting setting of The Lamentations of Jeremiah. Other music includes Purcell, Blow, Casals, Lotti, Chilcott, and Stainer.

The music will be set around the biblical texts of the Passion and secular texts including poetry by George Herbert, John Donne, and Oscar Wilde.

There is no admission charge.

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