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St Peter's Church
Black Lion Lane
Hammersmith
London
W6 9BE
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 | £17 concessions | £7 age 30 and under
Book Tickets
Programme
Eric Whitacre – Animal Crackers
Amy Beach – Three Choral Responses
Morten Lauridsen – Nocturnes
Randall Thompson – Alleluia, motet (1940)
Leonard Bernstein – Candide: 'Make our garden grow'
~ Interval ~
George Gershwin – I Got Rhythm
Cole Porter – Midnight in Paris: 'Let's do it'
Fats Waller – Ain't Misbehavin'
Harold Arlen – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Cole Porter – Miss Otis regrets (arr. Martin Pickard)
Richard Rodgers – Blue Moon
Duke Ellington – I'm beginning to see the light
Performers
Oliver Lallemant – jazz piano
Richard Bannan – Musical Director
Programme Note
From the enduring appeal of 20th century and contemporary composers to the sparkle of Broadway and jazz, Petros Singers are celebrating the many colours of American choral music.
The evening opens with Eric Whitacre’s playful Animal Crackers. We then change pace to perform Amy Beach’s Three Choral Responses, Morten Lauridsen’s Nocturnes – moving meditations on night, love and light – and Randall Thompson’s poignant Alleluia. This first half of the programme will be punctuated by Oliver Lallemant performing a set of solo piano jazz works, and concludes with Bernstein’s Make Our Garden Grow, the radiant finale of his operetta Candide.
The concert then turns to the Great American Songbook. Expect Broadway classics, Gershwin swing and show-stopping numbers from Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Fats Waller and more. From Blue Moon to Over the Rainbow, these timeless gems capture the spirit of a golden musical age. The audience will also take part in selecting a song on which Olly will improvise.
Join us for a glass of Pimm’s and a generous helping of musical sunshine on this special day which celebrates 250 years of American Independence.
Petros Singers is a leading West London chamber choir, performing a wide variety of music – from baroque to contemporary, from large-scale works to exquisite miniatures – placing particular emphasis on vibrant and communicative singing.
Oliver Lallemant is Director of Music at St Stephen’s in Dulwich and runs several choirs, including Sloane Square Choral Society and South Dulwich Chorus. As a young chorister at Llandaff Cathedral, he sang Walking in the Air in Welsh on national television, and later won an organ scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge. An accomplished jazz pianist, Olly performs at weddings and parties, and was until recently a resident pianist at the Ritz.
Richard Bannan was a choral scholar at Clare College, Cambridge before embarking on a career as a professional vocal musician, arranger and teacher. He now sings as a Lay-Clerk at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and with many of the country’s major professional ensembles.
