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SUMMARY:Portsmouth Choral Union's Summer Concert: Life's Journey
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we host Portsmouth Choral Union's summer concert\, 
 which will also involve Castle Primary School's Choir singing the traditio
 nal prominent role for children's voices in the following pieces.  Rare fo
 r music in Portsmouth\, the union will be performing Benjamin Britten’s 
 Cantata ‘St Nicolas’.  In addition to this\, the union will be giving 
 the first Portsmouth performance of Alec Roth's 'The Traveller' with 'The 
 Age of Man' as its theme.\n\nTickets for this concert are available from c
 hoir members\, on the door\, or online at: www.pcuchoir.org\n\nTenor soloi
 st Nick Sharrat will portray Nicolas in 'St Nicolas' and The Poet in 'The 
 Traveller'\, and Sophie Langdon will be the solo violinist. The concert wi
 ll be accompanied by Southern Pro Musica and conducted by David Gostick.\n
 \nWritten for the centenary of Lancing College in 1948\, 'St Nicolas' tell
 s the life of the fourth-century Bishop of Myra.  It is by turns dramatic\
 , rhythmic and tuneful\, and also gives the audience the opportunity to jo
 in in with two well known hymns\, ‘All people that on earth do dwell’ 
 and ‘God moves in a mysterious way.\n\nWritten in approachable contempor
 ary idiom\, 'The Traveller' echoes the rhythmic\, tuneful and dramatic ele
 ments of Britten’s ‘St Nicolas’\, and sets a text by Vikram Seth - u
 sing a mixture of his own short poems\, and translations from a variety of
  Indian languages and traditions.
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LOCATION:St Mary's\, Portsea
URL:http://www.pcuchoir.org
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