A Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
- 23 August 2019
- 8:00 pm
- Rheingau Musik Festival
- Kloster Eberbach
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.
Programme:
Alonso Lobo Versa est in Luctum
William Croft/ Henry Purcell Burial Sentences
Thomas Tallis Loquebantur variis languis
Antonio Lotti Crucifixus
Gregorio Allegri Miserere mei, Deus
John Tavener Funeral Ikos
John Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God
John Tavener The Lamb
Alexander Sheremetiev Nïne silï nebesïya
Gustav Holst Ave Maria
Gustav Holst Nunc Dimittis
Eric Whitacre I thank you God
William Harris Faire is the Heaven
Artist Information:
Tenebrae
Nigel Short
Venue & Address:
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville am Rhein, Eltville, 65346 , Germany