Hi everyone

been snowed under with the usual unsunstainable workload so only able to give a final call-out to you all for Ranbow Chorus concert on Saturday evening. You are more than welcome to come along! Hope to see you there- full details below and weblink here http://www.rainbowchorus.org.uk/LatestNews/items.html



SATURDAY 3RD MAY

7:30PM

ST GEORGE'S CHURCH

KEMPTOWN

BRIGHTON BN2



If I don't see you there hope to see you soon

Phelim


Our Brighton Festival Fringe concert
Over the past ten years, we have performed music encompassing many genres and eras, from popular to classical and from the 17th century to the present day. Our identity as a gay and lesbian community choir informs much of our programming, and in this concert we will explore music from a specific period – the mid-20th century – written by composers who were gay.

There are interesting parallels to be drawn between the six composers (from three countries) who are represented. Not only were they all gay, they all reacted against the prevailing modernism of the avant-garde that was the dominant musical ideology of the time, and sought to preserve an emotional expressivity in their music. Direct and profound communication of ideas and emotions is found in the socially and politically-aware music of Britten and Tippett, the nostalgic sound world of Barber and Copland, the jazz and Latin influenced works of Bernstein, and the populist approach to religious ritual so brilliantly displayed by Poulenc in his Gloria.

This concert provides us with the opportunity to explore our own gay cultural heritage through the performance of some of the most moving and powerful choral music ever written. To allow the exploration of this theme, all ticket holders are invited to attend a pre-performance discussion with our Musical Director.

thanks to Phelim for this