Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, The Lark Ascending; Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Oxford Harmonic Choir
Austin Gunn – Tenor
Enrico Alvares - Violin
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of the very few Black classical composers to achieve large-scale recognition and renown. His most popular work by far, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, owes its success to its rhythmic vitality, at times sounding like a pre-echo of the American music that would soon emerge in the early 20th century.
Contrasting this is the ethereal fluidity of two of Vaughan Williams’ loveliest works. His 1906 setting of Walt Whitman’s poem Toward the Unknown Region is a hidden gem with two very imposing climaxes, while the famous The Lark Ascending is timeless.
Ticket Information
£15-30
Students / under 18s half price in the Semi-circle and Upper gallery only (proof of status required)
Wheelchair users may bring a companion/carer for free.
Not recommended for very young children.
