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The Planets
April 23, 2018 @ 12:00 am - July 15, 2018 @ 12:00 am
The Festival closes with a gala concert featuring Holst’s inimitable orchestral suite and music by composers associated with Morley.
Michael Tippett – Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Ralph Vaughan Williams – “Greensleeves”, folk song for chorus (from the opera Sir John in Love),
Gustav Holst – “I Love My Love”, from Six Choral Folksongs Op.36
Gustav Holst – The Planets Op.32, Suite for Orchestra
London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash
Morley Chamber Choir conducted by Patrick Allies
The performance of The Planets will include poems written and read by Morley creative writing and performing arts students