1 July 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Choral Masterpieces from the Renaissance and the Modern Day
St Johns, Sharow, Ripon 1 July 7.30 pm
Please note: this concert will also be given at Leeds Minster on 24 June. For details and tickets please click here
This beautiful programme of choral masterpieces mixes and matches exquisite music from the times of the two Queens Elizabeth, two golden eras of British choral music.
You will be able to hear works by the great William Byrd – who died 400 years ago this July – his friend Thomas Tallis, and their Spanish counterparts Victoria and Lobo.
And you can compare and contrast them with some of the most recent and stunning additions to our amazing British choral tradition – works by living composers Judith Weir, Cecilia McDowall and James MacMillan.
Or you can just sit, soak it up and revel in its sheer beauty!
The concert will last about 1.5 hours including an interval, during which refreshments will be served.
Set in the beautiful church and acoustics of St John’s Church in Sharow, this concert is not to be missed!
Programme
To include:
| Sing joyfully | William Byrd |
| Gloria from Mass for 5 voices | William Byrd |
| O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth | William Byrd |
| I love all beauteous things | Judith Weir |
| Who shall separate us | James MacMillan |
| Sanctus and Benedictus from Mass for 5 voices | William Byrd |
| O nata lux | Thomas Tallis |
| Interval | |
| O Radiant Dawn | James MacMillan |
| Vidi speciosam | Tomas Luis de Victoria |
| There is no rose of such vertu | Cecilia McDowall |
| Versa est in luctum | Alonso Lobo |
| Agnus Dei from Mass for 5 voices | William Byrd |
| Emendemus in melius | William Byrd |
| Faire is the heaven | William Harris |
There will be an interval during which refreshments will be served
St Peter’s Singers
Alexander Woodrow conductor
Tickets are available online or at the door
Please note this programme will also be performed at Leeds Minster on 24 June at 7.30pm
