Joined by soloists Susannah Austin and Lisa J Coates, the choir will sing music English music from the 12th and 13th centuries, folk songs telling stories of history’s greatest tyrants, King John and King Herod, and Christmas carols extolling the virtues of peace, benevolence and justice. These will be interspersed with Stef Conner’s new choral arrangements of well-known protest songs that champion humankind’s hard-won freedoms. They will also perform a short excerpt from the 16th century mystery play, The Shearmen and Tailors’ Pageant, which includes the ‘Coventry Carol’.
Music and history fans are also invited to join Stef for a pre-concert workshop at 5:00pm, in which they will be introduced to the music of the troubadours, including ‘Ja Nus Hons Pris’, a song in Old French by King Richard the Lionheart. No previous singing experience is required and all are welcome.