Archive - 2007-2008 concerts

Rachmaninov Vespers

3rd November 2007

 

St John's, Smith Square

 

with Stephanie Allman, mezzo-soprano
John McMunn, tenor
Naomi Williams, cello

Rachmaninov Vespers, op37
John Tavener Magnificat (Collegium Regale);

Hymn to the Mother of God;

Svyati & Chant

 

 
 

15th December 2007

 

St. Luke's, Battersea

with Richard Pearce, organ

 

Programme included:

 

Claudio Monteverdi
(1567-1643)
Missa da capella a sei voci ‘In illo tempore’ (1610)
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Gabriel Jackson
(b. 1962)
Ave Maria; Creator of the Stars of the Night; Salus Aeterna
Johannes Brahms
(1833-97)
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op74 no2;
John Tavener
(b. 1944)
Hymn to the Mother of God; Magnificat (Collegium Regale)
Judith Weir
(b. 1954)
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Patrick Hadley
(1899-1973)
I sing of a maiden
Morten Lauridsen
(b. 1943)
O magnum mysterium
William Mathias
(1934-92)
Sir Christèmas

plus organ solos

 

 

 

 
Spitalfields Winter Festival

19th December 2007

 

Christ Church, Spitalfields, 7pm

 

with Richard Pearce, organ & chamber organ

 

Programme included:

 

Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Missa da cappella a sei voci ‘In illo tempore’ (1610)
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Brahms (1833-97)

O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, op 74 no 20; Choral Preludes; Geistliches Lied

Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)

Salus aeterna; Ave Maria; Creator of the Stars of Night
 

 

   
Haydn - The Creation

31st January 2008

 

St Augustine's Queensgate, South Kensington SW7
 

with Benjamin Bayl, conductor
Elizabeth Weisberg, soprano
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Philip Tebb, bass

Orchestra of the City
Elysian Singers
Nonsuch Singers

 

 
Wild Ways

13th March 2008


St John's, Smith Square, London, 7.30pm

Programme included:

 

Edward Elgar

Part-songs: The Prince of Sleep; There is sweet music; Serenade; O wild West Wind

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Silence and music; Three Shakespeare Songs

Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)

Wild Ways (world première)
 
John Tavener (b. 1944) Butterfly Dreams
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) Water Night; i thank You God for most this amazing day
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959) The darkling thrush
Charles Villiers Stanford The blue bird
 

Wild Ways was kindly supported by the following organisations:

 

   
English Voices

21st June 2008


St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 7.30pm

with Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Jakob Lindberg (lute & theorbo)

Programme:

 

Tallis

Loquebantur variis linguis; Salvator mundi, salva nos II

Byrd

Sing joyfully unto God

Campion

Author of Light; Never weather-beaten sail
Dowland If that a sinner's sighs; Prelude and Fantasia; Thou mighty God
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David; O clap your hands
Weelkes When David heard; Hosanna to the Son of David
Anon Miserere my Maker
Hilton Hymn to God the Father
Tomkins When David heard
Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; Hear my prayer; Music for a while; They tell us that you mighty powers above; The evening Hymn
Britten Chorale after an old French carol; A Hymn to St Cecilia

 

 

 

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