CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY/BROWN - A GARLAND FOR THE QUEEN

Cambridge University Chamber Choir performs three twentieth-century English song cycles for mixed choir, including the rarely-recordedA Garland for the Queen. A Garland was composed to commemorate the Queen's coronation in 1953 by a selection of the finest English composers including Finzi, Bliss, Bax, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, Howells and Ireland. The two works by Benjamin Britten,AMDGandSacred and Profane, are virtuoso show pieces for mixed choir.