This programme celebrates some of the finest choral works from the Renaissance through to the present day, ranging from the haunting Allegri ‘Miserere mei, Deus’, to Holst’s reverent ‘Nunc Dimittis’. Featuring a number of familiar favourites, these works showcase the prayerful intimacy of contemporary English masters and the soaring contrapuntal lines of the late Renaissance. Closing with Harris’ spectacular ‘Faire is the Heaven’, this programme is a true homage to choral greats past and present.
This performance is in aid of the Somerset Community Foundation which aims to strengthen communities and transform lives throughout Somerset.
Programme
Alonso Lobo Versa est in luctum
Gregorio Allegri Misere mei, Deus
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla Missa Ego flos campi: Kyrie and Gloria
Anton Bruckner Virga Jesse
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
– Interval –
John Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God
John Tavener Song for Athene
Gustav Holst Ave Maria
Gustav Holst Nunc Dimittis
Alexander L’Estrange Oculi omnium
Alexander L’Estrange Lighten our Darkness
William Harris Faire is the Heaven