Cancelled - A Sea Symphony | English Arts Chorale and Eye Bach Choir

The English Arts Chorale are joining forces with Eye Bach Choir and the Orchestra of the Prague Conservatoire in three performances of Vaughan Williams's majestic A Sea Symphony, in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, at the Royal Academy of Music in London and in Prague, the orchestra's home city.

Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote A Sea Symphony, his first and longest symphony, between 1903 and 1909, and it was first performed in 1910 at the Leeds Festival, conducted by the composer on his 38th birthday. The text comes from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and the symphony is scored for soprano, baritone, chorus and a large orchestra.

The programme also features one of the Czech Republic’s best loved pieces, Antonin Dvorák, Te Deum for choir, soloists and orchestra.