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Music and Art
Saturday 2 July The Holy Spirit Mass
Phoenix Chorale performs The Holy Spirit Mass by Kim André Arnesen, plus works by Wilberg, Chilcott, Rutter, Fauré and Elgar, with music director James Parkinson, and organist Mark Smith. Kim André Arnesen was born in 1980 in Norway and is one of the world’s most frequently performed contemporary, choral composers. His biography says: Although an avid follower of MTV and a huge fan of The Cure at ten years old, he also studied classical piano, was a chorister in the Nidaros Cathedral Boys’ Choir and was later educated at the Music Conservatory in Trondheim. His music has sold in 6-fi gure numbers and been performed in more than 30 countries. The Holy Spirit Mass was commissioned in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The introduction explains that ‘the work also commemorates 50 years of productive Lutheran-Catholic dialogues’ - the Mass texts are interwoven with the 9th-century Veni Creator Spiritus and Martin Luther’s hymn Come Holy Ghost, God and Lord. Its themes include mercy, praise, peace and ‘the work looks forward in hope of a more united future by focusing on what we have in common’. This wonderful work has something for everyone – it is in turn exquisite, calm, glorious, and powerful. Like a fi lm score, it leads you through the emotional ups and downs and twists of a story.
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Further information: 7.30pm at St Peter and The Holy Apostles, Wyndham Square, Plymouth, PL1 5EG. Tickets: Adults £14 on the door (£12 in advance at www.ticketsource. co.uk); Children: free entry. For more details visit plymouthphoenixchorale.org
Vital support given to
Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the fi nal £35-million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund, to help overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Emergency funding has kept projectors rolling in independent cinemas across the country. Thanks to a £45,000 emergency grant from the Culture Recovery Fund, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth’s only independent cinema, has been able to continue its rich programme of international and UK independent fi lms and off er cheaper tickets to those out of employment, students, those attending Relaxed screenings, and asylum seekers and refugees. Anna Navas, Director and Film Programmer, Plymouth Arts Cinema said: ‘We are very grateful to receive this support for Plymouth Arts Cinema. It will enable us to continue rebuilding our audience as we recover from the pandemic, and to develop new audiences by deepening our community engagement. We are committed to bringing world class independent cinema and fi lm culture to Plymouth.’ Ben Roberts, Chief Executive, BFI said: ‘Every penny of the Culture Recovery Fund including over £500k in this fi nal round of funding to independent cinemas across the country has been vital to their survival, enabling them to recover and welcome back their audiences. As well as bringing people together to experience the magic of experiencing fi lm on the big screen, local cinemas are hubs for educational and fi lm activities and provide thousands of jobs contributing to regeneration and local economies.’
Further information: Visit info@plymouthartscinema.org for its What’s On Listings for June.
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