James Whitbourn's 'Annelies'

Last edited by sallydoyle on 27 June 2019

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
SJE Arts, St John the Evangelist church
Date(s): 
Saturday, 13 July 2019
Timing: 
7.30-9.00pm
Cost: 
£25, £20, £12, under 25s £10 reduction

The Choral Setting of The Diary of Anne Frank

Westminster Williamson Voices
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Jamie Campbell, violin
Cara Berridge, cello
John Slack, clarinet
Libby Burgess, piano
James Whitbourn, conductor

Annelies has been praised by critics worldwide as ‘music of great beauty’ (Gramophone) and as a work of ‘such tender respect it’s almost impossible to hear without tears’ (The Observer).

2019 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank. James Whitbourn is the only composer to be granted permission to set the words of her extraordinary and brilliant diary entries within a full-length choral work. Annelies is now one of the most performed large-scale choral works and has received noted performances at New York’s Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, The Kennedy Center in Washington, Washington National Cathedral and many other venues in the USA, Canada, Israel, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France, Australia and New Zealand and the UK.

The GRAMMY-nominated choir Westminster Williamson Voices combine under the direction of the composer with the renowned British soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, who sang to a worldwide audience earlier this year at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The superb acoustic of SJE Arts Oxford is the perfect setting for this beautiful and poignant music.

Further Information

Contact Details: 

Tickets from Tickets Oxford tel. 01865 305305, https://www.ticketsoxford.com/whats-on/a...

Further information from https://www.sje-oxford.org

St John the Evangelist church is on Iffley Road between Marston Street and James Street, opposite the University Sports Ground. Bus no. 3 from the city centre stops directly outside.

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