Ely Consort – ‘Sing a new song’ – Sat. 21st June, Ely Cathedral
Ely Consort
Sing a new song: pairing old & new settings of familiar texts
21st June 2025, 7:30pm
Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel
Tickets: £20 unreserved / u18s free
www.elycathedral.org/events/ely-consort-concert
Ely Consort is a Chamber choir of about 40 voices, performing music in a wide variety of styles; our performance venues include Ely Cathedral as well as other local churches. Ely Consort has built up a performing reputation over the last 30 years, to be known as one of the premier Chamber Choirs in East Anglia.
Ely Consort really will ‘sing a new song’ in their next concert, which takes place in Ely Cathedral’s magnificent Lady Chapel on Saturday 21st June at 7.30pm. In this concert the choir will pair old and new settings of familiar texts, and the programme includes the world premiere of Sing, O heav’ns by the renowned contemporary choral composer Ben Ponniah, which has been commissioned by Ely Consort specifically for the incredible acoustics of the Lady Chapel. This new work will be contrasted with a seventeenth century version by the Ely composer John Amner. Other highlights will include settings of Cantate Domino, canticum novum (‘Sing unto the Lord a new song’) by Claudio Monteverdi and Ko Matsushita, Bob Chilcott’s Silver Swan, an imaginative integration of Orlando Gibbons’ well-known part-song with brand new music, and Eric Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David heard, an incredible piece which captures the meaning of this text in an extraordinarily powerful and emotional manner.
We are delighted to be joined by guest soloist Cherry Blanchard (flute), who will contrast sonata movements by Bach and Poulenc. Do come along and enjoy the Lady Chapel’s superb acoustic resounding to some old and new choral, and flute, works, including a world premiere!
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