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Ralph Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Mass in G minor of 1921 was a game-changer for English choral music 鈥� a piece whose pastoral harmonies may sound like the stuff of English soil and summertime, but whose distinctive atmosphere reconnected the country鈥檚 music with a tradition that had lain dormant for four centuries. Here, the Mass鈥檚 movements are interspersed with contemporary works that harbour the same sense of peace and spirituality.

After the interval Howard Goodall conducts the European premiere of his own Unconditional Love. Written in lockdown, the cantata was conceived as 鈥榓 work of gratitude, of memorial and of hope for a world rebuilt鈥� after the pain of the pandemic. This radiant piece from one of the UK鈥檚 most communicative composers sets poetry written in times of hardship, much of it in 2020 and some by Goodall himself.

This concert is part of a weekend of music from the 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras celebrating the 麻豆官网首页入口 Centenary.