Milton Keynes Chorale is hosting its Autumn concert at St James' Ecumenical Church in New Bradwell this Saturday (November 26), and it is shining a light on the work of Puccini.
He is justly celebrated as one of the greatest opera composers, and renowned particularly for La Boheme, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.
His Messie di Gloria was intended as a tribute to the tradition of his family who, for four generations, specialised in church music.
When at 18, he wrote it as his graduation thesis he had already decided that he wished to pursue a career in the theatre rather than in liturgical music so the piece was only performed once in 1880 then filed away.
It was, however, the great creative force from which his best-loved and well-known melodies came.
Your event conductor is Victoria Ely, with Daniel Joy and Stephen Kennedy your soloists. Music by Bizet and Verdi will also figure.
Tickets are £15, buy them on the door, or in advance by calling 01525 210030.
