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Croydon Minster

A celebration of singing in the beautiful surroundings of Croydon Minster

On Saturday 1st July at 3pm, a celebration of singing will take place in the beautiful surroundings of <a href="https://www.croydonminster.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Croydon Minster</a>. Join the <a href="https://www.whitgift.co.uk/articles/news-article/~board/whitgift-life/post/choristers-at-whitgift-in-2022" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Whitgift Choristers</a>, <a href="https://www.croydonminster.org/choirs/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Croydon Minster Choristers</a>, and singers from across different schools as they tell the story of how a humble cabin-boy and Captain Noah saved the day. The concert will begin with a semi-staged performance of Benjamin Britten&#x27;s The Golden Vanity, sung by the choristers of Whitgift School. A vaudeville on an old English ballad , the work&#x27;s chorus of trebles tells the story of a sea battle with Turkish pirates, the humble cabin-boy who saves the day, and a treacherous sea-captain who refuses to keep a promise. Over the past academic year members of the Minster music department have been invigorating singing in some of our local schools. We are delighted that these enthusiastic singers will be joining the Minster choristers for a rousing performance of the timeless classic Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo by Michael Flanders (of Flanders and Swann) and Joseph Horovitz. Accompanied by a Latin-American samba rhythm, Noah and his family load the ark with one pair of every animal imaginable. Aboard the ark, forty days and forty nights of ceaseless rain takes its toll, but the mood changes both dramatically and musically when the rain finally stops and the world dries out.

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