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As part of its 30th Anniversary celebrations, Concerts for Craswall return to Dore Abbey with a concert by internationally acclaimed musicians Katherine Gowers, Amy Norrington and Jâms Coleman. Joining them will be leading UK choir The Elysian Singers with musical director Sam Laughton, and the Craswall Consort.

Programme:
Weir All the ends of the
Earth
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Handel Utrecht Te Deum

Katharine Gowers, violin
Amy Norrrington, cello
Jâms Coleman, piano
The Elysian Singers with Sam Laughton
The Craswall Consort

Performing Beethoven's rarely programmed "Concerto in C Major for Piano, Violin and Cello Op.56" are three of Europe's most exciting chamber musicians - Katharine Gowers, Amy Norrrigton and Jâms Coleman. Better known as the "Triple Concerto", and possibly the most famous triple concerto in the classical repertoire, the Beethoven "Triple" is unique. It is a solo concerto in which the soloists change from passage to passage, but it is also a trio, in which three musicians perform chamber music on stage. And then it is also a trio with orchestra, with the trio performing together with a full orchestra.

Framing the concert is a selection of celebratory pieces for choir and orchestra. Judith Weir's joyful motet "All the Ends of the Earth" opens the concert. This is followed by Vaughan Williams' exquisitely sweet and tender "Serenade to Music" before the evening comes to a close with the glorious "Utrecht Te Deum" by Handel - a jubilant five-part chorale which enthralled audiences from its very first performance.

This is one concert not to be missed! So, if you haven't secured your seats yet, now is a good time.