Nelson Mass & Bliss Pastoral
Thu, 15 Jun
|St Giles Cripplegate
Hilary Davan Wetton's very last concert as Musical Director of the CLC provides the finale to this year's Summer Music in City Churches.
Time & Location
15 Jun 2023, 19:30 – 21:30
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA, UK
About the event
BLISS Pastoral: Lie Strewn the White Flocks
HAYDN Mass No. 11 in D minor, 'Nelson Mass'
Bliss's rousing convocation of Greek deities, paired with Haydn's mighty Mass for Troubled Times, forever associated with Admiral Horatio Nelson. A feast of glorious music for the festival finale, and Hilary Davan Wetton's swansong with the City of London Choir after 34 years as its Music Director.
City of London Choir
London Mozart Players
Rachel Nicholls, soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo-soprano
Mark Wilde, tenor
James Cleverton, baritone
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
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