The Cantus Ensemble - Visions Of Flying Machines

Visions of Flying Machines

An evening of works that explore humanity’s enduring fascination with the sky above and the sea below

From the depths of the sea to the limitless skies, Visions of Flying Machines explores humanity’s fascination with flight, water, and the mysteries between them - from the haunting darkness of Judith Bingham's The drowned lovers to the transcendent genius of Leonardo da Vinci as portrayed in Eric Whitacre's seminal Leonardo dreams of his flying machine. The programme concludes with Tarik O’Regan's epic The Ecstasies above - in which the choir, divided into three distinct forces, sings of the angel Israfel in what the composer describes as, "an homage of ecumenicity to an all-encompassing angel of music".

Programme to include:

Judith Bingham - The drowned lovers
Charles V Stanford - The Bluebird
Ralph Vaughan Williams - A vision of aeroplanes
Cecilia McDowall - Night Flight
Eric Whitacre - Leonardo dreams of his flying machine
Tarik O’Regan - The Ecstasies above

Saturday 13th June 7.00 pm

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Visions Of Flying Machines