Home Welcome People Current Season Past Concerts Chamber Choir Rehearsals Joining Contact Reviews Links Tickets Our next concert ... Saturday, June 12th 2010 - Bedford Corn Exchange Gilbert & Sullivan - 'HMS Pinafore' Tim Grant-Jones - 'The Human Race' (Premier) - see note below Conductor: Ian Smith Bedford Sinfonia The Human Race Music by Tim Grant-Janes (2009) Words by: Irene Grant-Jones, Tim Grant-Jones, Hereford Brooke George (1838-1910), Fred Kaan (1929-2009) - see note below (*) 1 Prelude (Chorus) 2. By Every Nation (Chorus, Soprano) 3. Carry the flame (Chorus) 4. One Human Race (Chorus) 5. Victory Chorus (Chorus, Soprano) For soprano soloist, chorus (S A T B) and orchestra - strings, double woodwind, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussion [triangle, snare drum, drum kit (bass, snare, ride), tambourine, cymbals, cowbell] Commissioned for Bedford Choral Society - June 2010 * Verses 3 & 4 from "We turn to you 0 God of every nation" by Fred Kaan (1929-2009) which appear in the fifth movement of this work are used by permission of Stainer & Bell Ltd, 23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 lDZ, UK. www.stainer.co.uk Gilbert & Sullivan: 'HMS Pinafore'

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