Rainbows & Gardens
Bob Chilcott conducts the Choir of Worcester College
£15 / £5 students
The Rainbow, Bob Chilcott Gardens - seven new commissions
Bob Chilcott and Caius Lee will conduct this choral concert with the Choir of Worcester College, along with members of the Jericho Youth Choir and Worcester’s Allsorts Community Choir.
The Rainbow is a vibrant nine-movement work that unites upper- and mixed-voice choirs in a multi-faceted exploration of colour. Each of the movements is devoted to one of the rainbow’s colours, each assigned its own identity and framed as an element of the natural world. The richly scored instrumental accompaniment demonstrates Chilcott’s vivid musical palette and helps to characterise each colour within the over-arching narrative of the value of your own self-expression.
The concert will also preview the Choir’s upcoming CD recording of Gardens – a suite of seven new commissions inspired by the gardens of the Bible. With texts written and compiled by Worcester Chaplain Revd Marcus Green, the commissions feature music by John Barber, Bob Chilcott, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Cecilia McDowall, Paul Mealor, and Deborah Pritchard.
All of the funds from this concert will go towards the Choir’s CD recording in the summer.
