Girotondo (Ring-around)
A journey across continents and centuries of music, bridging cultures and sounds that are worlds apart.
For one special evening, they are brought together by the voices of the girls and boys of our Children's Chorus – a wonder that renews itself time and again.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Home-time at last, Cold Tractor, Tractor Ride, Home
from Seven Songs Home
for children's chorus
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sub tuum præsidium
for children's chorus and piano
Leonard Bernstein
«Adonai ro’i» («Il Signore è il mio pastore»)
from Chichester Psalms
for solo, children's chorus and piano
Jean Absil
Le Cirque volant
Cantata for children's chorus, piano and spoken voice
Arrigo Boito
«Siam nimbi volanti»
from the opera Mefistofele
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
«Gari, gari iasna»
from the opera La dama di picche
Giacomo Puccini - Mauro Zuccante
Il giovane Trittico
from the operas Il tabarro, Suor Angelica e Gianni Schicchi
for solo, children's chorus and piano
Georges Bizet
«Avec la garde montante» e «Les voici»
from the opera Carmen
for children's chorus and piano
John Rutter
A Gaelic Blessing
Angels’ Carol
for children's chorus and piano