Cambridge Music Conference 25th Anniversary Concert

Theatre of Voices

Rihab Azar oud

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent organ

Paul Hiller director

Nigel Osborne The Tree of Life (UK premiere)

Ross Alden Heraclitus

Kevin Volans Walking Song

Howard Skempton Heraclitus (world premiere)

Arvo Pärt Berliner Messe

‘For fearlessness, verve, and beauty and strength of individual timbre the six singers certainly deserve the five-star sweep.’ The Times

‘This group performs with spellbinding virtuosity’ The Telegraph

Arvo Pärt’s music shimmers with purity of sound and meditative simplicity. A simplicity that is deceptively hard to achieve: only the very best groups can sing it. And Theatre of Voices, the Anglo-Danish vocal supergroup, are the acknowledged masters in this field.

The Berliner Messe, premiered by Theatre of Voices in 1990, uses Pärt’s distinctive bell-like style (‘tintinnabuli’) in music that flows from reverent duets to full-choir proclamations of faith.

The programme also features works by four leading composers commissioned for the Cambridge Music Conference.

Presented in partnership with the Cambridge Music Conference, celebrating over two decades’ work on music and healing.