From that Distant Shore

The year 2026 sees the 250th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, an act which severed the political ties with Britain and created a new nation.

In this concert we focus on the musical history of this new country, and present a selection of choral works from acoss the centuries that help tell the story of America through song: from British folk songs that the Pilgrim Fathers and other early adventurers would have known and could well have taken with them to that distant shore across the ocean, to sacred and secular choral works by American composers of the modern age, works which have, in their turn, travelled back across the oceans to Europe and beyond.

Conductor Neil Taylor

Mezzo soprano Joyce Tindsley

Piano Tim Kennedy

Free pre-concert talk at 6:45.

Email for enquiries: enquiries@st-georges-singers.org.uk