This Sunday afternoon concert provides a dramatic sweep across centuries of glorious British music for voices and strings, along with a work by South Africa’s much-loved Hendrik Hofmeyr. 

Lord! Come away! comprises ofVaughan Williams’ fervently impassioned Four Hymns for tenor and viola, Benjamin Britten’s dramatic cantata Phaedra for mezzo
soprano, and Dido’s heart-wrenching Lament by Henry Purcell, and is an essential concert for lovers of British and South African musical composition. Directed by the English conductor and pianist Gary Matthewman.