Five days that changed the world
Sat 10 May
|St Andrew, Caversham
Bob Chilcott and more!
Time & Location
10 May 2025, 19:30 – 21:30
St Andrew, Caversham, St Andrews Church Hall, Albert Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 7PL, UK
About the event
In Bob Chilcott’s Five Days That Changed The World, a series of significant historical events is celebrated through specially written text by award-winning poet Charles Bennett.
Reading Bach Choir undertakes its own unique exploration of each of the five days with music spanning six centuries.
Each movement from Chilcott’s cantata will be paired with one or more pieces of music reflecting upon the invention of moveable type, the abolition of slavery, the first powered flight, the discovery of penicillin, and the first man in space.
With composers from Melissa Dunphy to Eric Whitacre, Samuel Barber to Laura Mvula, join the Choir on a journey through some of the most important events in the history of humanity.
Daniel Mahoney conductor | Gavin Roberts piano