We are delighted to return to Dorchester with a varied programme of music for six voices, with both a particular focus on William Byrd in his 400th anniversary year, and the contemporary – starting with Britten and culminating in several beautiful folk arrangements by Chilcott.

Programme

Lassus – Musica dei donum
Bennet – All creatures now
Gibbons – Fair is the rose
Tallis – O ye tender babes
Weelkes – As Vesta was from Latmos Hill
Morley – No, no Nigella
Byrd – 4-part mass
Byrd – Laudibus in sanctis

Interval

Britten – Dances of Gloriana
Lauridsen – Quando so piu lontan
Lauridsen – Luci serene e chiare
Chilcott – Thou, my love, art fair
Chilcott – Feller from Fortune
Chilcott – The gift to be simple
Chlcott – The lazy man
Chilcott – She’s like the swallow
Chilcott – L’habitante de Saint Barbe

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae Consort