Songs of Farewell concert featuring five world premieres
A concert of music based around the Songs of Farewell by Sir Hubert Parry (d. 1918), which will be interlaced with specially-commissioned choral works in response to Parry’s music by five contemporary composers from Ireland. This concert has been devised by Irish diaspora member and choral conductor Colm Carey in association with the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland. The concert will be performed by the Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, under the musical direction of its Master of Music, Colm Carey.
