Schubert Psalm 23
Howells King David
Brahms Four Serious Songs
Beethoven Twelve Variations on ‘See, the conquering hero comes’
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Carris Jones mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Merryweather baritone
Oliver Hunt bass
Jamie Campbell violin
Fenella Humphreys violin
Andrew Berridge viola
Cara Berridge cello
Libby Burgess piano
Jesus College Choir Cambridge
A beautiful programme for a Sunday afternoon, these pieces are variously Biblically-inspired. Songs by Schubert, Howells and Brahms are pitted against Beethoven’s joyous variations for cello and piano on the popular hymn tune we know as ‘Thine be the Glory’. Baritone Nicholas Merryweather and Jesus College Choir conclude the musical feast with Vaughan Williams’ captivating Five Mystical Songs, in the rarely-heard version for piano and string quartet.
