Video Information

• Piece: City Songs
• Composer:  Eriks Esenvalds
• Conductor:  Stephen Layton
• Genres: Contemporary
• City Songs event at the inaugural City of Derry International Choral Festival.
  
  The second performance of the newly commissioned "City Songs" by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, Australian poet Emma Jones and narrator Imogen Heap.
  <...  moreCity Songs event at the inaugural City of Derry International Choral Festival.
  
  The second performance of the newly commissioned "City Songs" by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, Australian poet Emma Jones and narrator Imogen Heap.
  
  The work was commissioned by the Voices Now Festival and first performed in the Roundhouse, London, June 2013. The second performance took place on Friday 25th October 2013 in St. Columb's Hall, Derry as part of the inaugural choral festival.
  
  This second performance featured the Holst Singers and Roundhouse Choir from London, Codetta, Encore Contemporary Choir, Colmcille Ladies and the Music Promise Junior Choir from Derry and the Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Stephen Layton.  less