Chorus of Dissent and the Elastic Band proudly present their Easter concert on Saturday 12 April. As with every Dissenters event, the programme leads the theme, and the programme this time around is one of Baroque mastery.
Music can convey so many emotions. We will explore a wide landscape in this next concert, starting with the profoundly sad and yet redemptive Stabat Mater, written by Pergolesi when he was only 26, and knew he was dying. We will then perform the jolly and joyful 4th Brandenburg concerto by Bach, who was a great admirer of Pergolesi’s music. The Brandendurg solo parts are for two treble recorders and violin, and we are privileged to have Julien Harman-Evans, Julie Shaw and Helen Cass as soloists.
The final piece is the famous Allegri’s Miserere, which, despite its title, is universally loved for its atmosphere of peaceful contemplation, from within which shines the bright star of Elspeth Piggott’s top C.
These pieces from the Baroque period represent very different genres but make up a truly beautiful whole.