Call it the British Invasion of Minnesota this week when two distinguished choirs and one distinguished composer, all from London, grace stages around Minnesota.
Voces8 lands in St. Michael for the annual choral festival on Thursday, March 27. Then it’s on to St. Peter and Gustavus Adolphus College, where on Friday, March 28, the group will collaborate with high school choirs, followed by a Saturday concert with the Gustavus Choir.
Meanwhile in Collegeville, the Westminster Cathedral Choir fills the Abbey Church at St. John’s University on Saturday afternoon.
More than a decade ago, James MacMillan was called into a private meeting and asked to compose a piece of music based on Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite scripture passage. The piece sat quietly for years until 2022, when it was performed for the first time by the Choir of Westminster Abbey at the Queen’s funeral.
MacMillan’s religious faith is also at the core of his upcoming concerts conducting the Minnesota Orchestra. The program features his own music, as well as Wagner’s Good Friday Spell and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture. Want to listen from home? Don’t miss our live broadcast of the Minnesota Orchestra Friday night on YourClassical MPR.
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