National Youth Choir: World O World
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£22
£5 under 25
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National Youth Choir (15-18 Years)
Join the remarkable teenage singers of National Youth Choir (15-18 Years) for a concert celebrating the beauty of our world and the myriad of cultures and peoples that inhabit it.
Be moved by Jacob Collier's powerful jazz anthem World O World, explore elemental soundscapes in Caroline Shaw's origami-inspired How to Fold the Wind and journey somewhere new with Simon & Garfunkel's America. You'll also get to enjoy the world premiere of a new piece The Great Sea, written especially for this concert by rising star Esther Bersweden.
Programme to include
Charles Wood Hail Gladdening Light
Jacob Collier World O World
Simon arr. Edward Randell America
Caroline Shaw How to Fold the Wind
Jan Sandström Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Trad. arr. Michael McGlynn Dúlamán
Mia Makaroff Butterfly
Zhou Long Words of the Sun
Esther Bersweden The Great Sea (world premiere)
Running time approx. one hour
