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London, England, Jun 9, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA). Some of St. John Henry Newman’s best-loved words will be heard on Thursday as they have never been heard before. They will feature in a new work by the composer Sir James MacMillan performed publicly for the first time on June 10 at Farm Street Church in London, England. The piece, “Nothing in Vain,” is a setting of a meditation written by the English saint on March 7, 1848, that includes the famous line “God has created me to do Him some definite service.” MacMillan, one of the world’s leading composers, told CNA that he was struck b...

Mountain Scene April 30, 2021 By TRACEY ROXBURGH and PHILIP CHANDLER The past’s set to meet the present in Arrowtown next Friday, in more ways than one. World-acclaimed organist Kemp English and his partner, virtuoso violinist and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra assistant concert master Yuka Eguchi, will join the Central Otago Regional Choir’s concert series, starting at the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall. And, as an added bonus, the first half of the choir’s programme will feature the New Zealand premiere of four of British composer Will Todd’s works. Choir member and pianis...

Wednesday 21 April 2021 - 2:45pm Chelsea fans protested against the European Super League (ESL) outside Stamford Bridge AFP | Adrian DENNIS LONDRES - In just 48 hours, English football fans forced four billionaires, a Russian oligarch and an Emirati sheikh into a hasty retreat as the European Super League collapsed with the withdrawal of six Premier League clubs. The owners of Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham had signed up with six other Spanish and Italian clubs to a money-spinning ESL project, but with far-reaching co...

© Marilyn Kingwill A special Song for Nature concert will be broadcast on Earth Day (22 April) at 9pm on Sky Arts' Freeview channel. As part of the concert (filmed over three days at the London Coliseum), Rob Brydon will sing "Lullaby" with the ENO orchestra, while Danielle De Niese will sing a new composition by Hal Cazalet. Brian May and Kerry Ellis will sing a brand-new song as well as a new arrangement of an old classic, while Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman's new piece will be presented by London Voices. David Suchet, Sheila Atim, Michelle Terry and Jonah Hauer King will all deli...

GRAHAM McDONALD ANOMALY Choir is Rowan Harvey-Martin’s new choral excursion, with the intent of performing lesser known and more unusual choral works. For this concert she was conducting 16 singers with the addition of a soprano soloist, Sonia Anfiloff, and a jazz band performing “Passion Music” by English composer Will Todd. “Passion Music” is the musical setting of nine short passages from the gospels illustrating the Passion of Christ, a musical form which Western composers have been using for centuries. Todd has taken a different approach in combining elements of liturgical cho...