Northwest Boychoir presents
CHORAL TRADITION
Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint Tenor & Basses
Jacob Winkler, conductor
Rebecca Ifland, piano
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Friday Afternoons
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Jubilate Deo
Imogen Holst (1907-1984)
Mass in A minor
BELLEVUE
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 at 7:30pm
First Congregational Church
11061 NE 2nd St. Bellevue
LAURELHURST, SEATTLE
SUNDAY, MARCH 24 at 7:00pm
St. Stephen’s Church
4805 NE 45th St. Seattle
Please join us for this 90 minute classical choral concert by purchasing your tickets from the link below.
Children five years of age and older are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket.
All children must have a ticket. Out of respect to all patrons, please no babes in arms.
Benjamin Britten is one of the towering figures of 20th century classical music. In addition to his enduring orchestral and operatic works, Britten is one of the most prolific composers of music to be performed by children.
Imogen Holst – daughter of “The Planets” composer Gustav Holst – spent 12 years as Britten’s assistant, copyist, orchestrator, and editor. She was also a sought-after conductor, particularly of works by her famous father. But Imogen was also a gifted composer with her own unique voice, whose inspired works have often been overlooked until recently.
The Northwest Boychoir’s Choral Tradition concert will feature Imogen Holst’s “Mass in A Minor”, written when she was 20 years old, alongside Britten’s “Friday Afternoons”, written when he was the same age. It will also feature one of Britten’s masterpieces for choir, “Hymn to St. Cecilia”, and “Jubilate Deo,” written at the request of the late Prince Philip.
