​Islington Winter Concert

The Corvus Consort, directed by Freddie Crowley, presents their Islington Winter Concert, featuring music from the Bach family, the poetry of George Herbert, and a celebration of birds.

More details at Islington Winter Concert: London - Corvus Consort. 

Programme

Poetry of George Herbert
An exploration of composers’ responses to the words of 17th-century metaphysical poet George Herbert, with a focus on the music of leading contemporary composers Judith Weir and Alec Roth.

Music from the Bach family
An iconic motet by Johann Sebastian Bach sits alongside beautiful music from brothers Johann Michael Bach and Johann Christoph Bach (cousins of J. S. Bach’s father), uncovering the ways in which older members of the Bach family helped to shape J. S. Bach’s mastery of vocal writing.

Songs of the Birds
Corvus reveals how musicians and poets have drawn inspiration from their avian friends for hundreds of years, moving seamlessly from 20th century masterpieces to music by living composers, arrangements of traditional folk songs, and underscored poem recitations.