Sonnets & Song
- Date
- Saturday 29 March 2025, 7:45pm
- Venue
- St George's Church, Beckenham
- Conductor
- Christopher Braime
- Accompanist
- Jack Stone
- Tickets
- £15
A musical celebration of Shakespeare through the centuries: choral settings of his songs from Purcell to George Shearing, each introduced by a reading from the plays or sonnets. This was Christopher Braime’s first concert as our music director.
Repertoire
- George Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Live with me and be my love
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five
- George Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: When Daffodils Begin to Peer
- Henry Purcell If Music be the Food of Love
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs: The cloud-capp'd towers
- George Shearing It Was a Lover and His Lass
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale
- George Macfarren When daisies pied
- George Macfarren Orpheus with his lute
- George Shearing Spring
- John Rutter It was a lover and his lass
- George Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Who is Silvia?
- Charles Wood Full Fathom Five
- George Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Fie on Sinful Fantasy
- George Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain