English Musical Splendor

March 8–14, 2020 East Coast Tour

Yale Philharmonia, Yale Schola Cantorum, and The Bach Choir, London perform William Walton’s arresting oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast and music by Bax, Stanford, and Vaughan Williams.

David Hill, conductor

Sunday, March 8, 4 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. Woolsey Hall Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania New Haven, CT Philadelphia, PA

Monday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall Washington National Cathedral Boston, MA Washington, D.C. *Tickets start at $25 Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine New York, NY *Free admission except where noted

John Martin, 1789–1854. Belshazzar's Feast. 1820. Yale Center for British Art. In celebration of the Yale School of Music’s 125th anniversary, the Yale Philharmonia joins the Yale Schola Cantorum and The Bach Choir, London for English Musical Splendor, a program that will be performed in major venues in five East Coast cities. David Hill, principal conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum and The Bach Choir, will lead the ensembles in a performance of William Walton’s arresting oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast and music by Arnold Bax, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Baritone David Pershall ’10MM ’11AD and School of Music Dean and faculty pianist Robert Blocker are the program’s soloists.

For more information, visit music.yale.edu/tour2020.

Charles Villiers Stanford Song to the Soul, Op. 97b

Arnold Edward Trevor Bax Mater ora filium, GP 246

Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on the “Old 104th” Psalm Tune Robert Blocker, piano

William Walton Belshazzar’s Feast David Pershall ’10MM ’11AD, baritone David Hill, conductor

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