CANTAMUSperforming with Ixion

Conducted by Michael Finnissy

saturday 3rd march 2018Teatime concert at 3pm, West Runton Church, NR27 9QT

Evening concert at 7pm, Thorpe Market Church, NR11 8UA

Four exciting new pieces by Norfolk Composers, performed by the acclaimed London-based new music ensemble Ixion. Two of the four works are based on a chorus from Handel’s ‘Messiah’, and two on a chorus from Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’. There will also be two short solo instrumental pieces by Andrew Toovey and Greg Rose, and a setting of William Blake by Sheringham-based Michael Finnissy. Organ accompaniment by

Philip Adams. This is part of the ‘Contemporary Music for All’ National Day of New Music.

£8 entry on the door / cantamussingers@gmail.com / 01263 833 847Image by William Blake: “The Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul” (c. 1800). Illustration for the Bible Copyright British Library