St Martin’s Voices: Songs of Invention
Tuesday 01 July 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A programme interweaving musical and scientific innovation with choral music settings words by Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Rosalind Franklin and Stephen Hawking, and piano music from J.S. Bach to Arvo Part., including music by Cecilia McDowall, Bob Chilcott and Grace Brigham.
Part of the Choral Discovery Concerts series, which invites audiences to discover lesser known, thought-provoking choral music in short concerts with St Martin’s Voices.
This concert lasts one hour with no interval.
Trevor Shaw Tree of Life
Bob Chilcott Five Days that Changed the World: The Invention of Printing
Grace Brigham Discoveries
Cecilia McDowall Now is the time
Cecilia McDowall Photo 51
Bob Chilcott Five Days that Changed the World: The Discovery of Penicillin
Jonathan Adams There Shall Be Wings
Melissa Dunphy The Apotheosis of Apollo
Bart Howard arr. Shaw Fly me to the moon
St Martin’s Voices
Jocelyn Freeman Piano
Dates, Times & Book
Tue 01 Jul | 7:00 PM | £10 | Book |
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