Saturday 21 June, 19:30 at St Andrew & St Cuthman Church, Steyning
Madrigals & Motets for a Summer Evening
A summer concert including John Sheppard's Western Wind Mass, and madrigals and motets from Vecchi to Vaughan Williams.
Date & Time: Saturday 21 June, 19:30
Ticket price: £15; under 30s £7.50; under 12s free
For the first time, BREMF Consort of Voices comes to Steyning, where the choir will perform John Sheppard’s Western Wind Mass, motets by Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Weelkes, and a selection of madrigals including Il bianco e dolce cigno, The turtle dove and Robert Pearsall’s Lay a Garland.
BREMF Consort of Voices
James Elias director
Programme
John Sheppard
c.1515-1558 Western Wind Mass: Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Orlando Gibbons
1583-1625 O Lord, in thy wrath
Thomas Weelkes
1576-1623 Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Jacques Arcadelt
1507-1568 Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orazio Vecchi
1550-1605 Il bianco e dolce cigno
William Byrd
1540-1623 The Nightingale
Gibbons Fair ladies that to love
What is our life
The silver swan
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872-1958 The turtle dove
Come away, death
The lover's ghost
Robert Lucas Pearsall
1795-1856 Lay a garland
Summer is y'coming In