Songs of Suffrage
Thursday 17 May 2018
1:00 PM
Recital at The National Gallery by The LFCCM Festival Singers, with music by Judith Bingham, Rebecca Clarke, Cecilia McDowall, Diana Burrell, Judith Weir, Ethel Smyth and Roxanna Panufnik
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
The LFCCM Festival Singers
Christopher Batchelor Director
Cantate Domino Judith Bingham
Ave Maria Rebecca Clarke
Standing as I do before God Cecilia McDowall
Hymn to Wisdom Diana Burrell
Ave Regina Caelorum Judith Weir
Chorale Melodies after J S Bach Ethel Smyth
St Pancras Canticles Roxanna Panufnik
This lunchtime recital at The National Gallery features a fascinating selection of seldomheard pieces by suffragette composers, intermingled with works by their modern contemporaries in a programme celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom.
This performance is free of charge and unticketed, but we recommend that you arrive in good time