In the Beginning: Music of Myth and Creation

Sat 29 March 2025

Jesus College

Bernstein’s Chichester psalms, in the original Hebrew, are an eruption of joy: dynamic and irrepressible, beautiful and menacing. Bernstein’s contemporary Copland reaches back to the creation of all things in the audacious In the beginning, which leads us to other startling music of myth and creation by Arvo Pärt and Sarah Rimkus.

Along the way, there's also Lassus, with a remarkable setting of the famous opening of the Gospel of John ('In the beginning was the Word'), along with Rachmaninov, in an extract from his famous All-night vigil.

New Cambridge Singers
Musical Director: James Potter
?Mezzo-soprano: Gabriella Noble | Harp: Hebe Kan | Percussion:? Charlotte Dalmijn | Organ: Alexander Hamilton

Cost: Tickets: £20 | Students £10 | Under 18s free