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Subscriber-only concert - In Praise of Wine

Sunday 9 February 2014, 3pm

Khandallah Town Hall
11 Ganges Road, Khandallah

Directed by Michael Stewart

A thank-you to our loyal supporters, this informal concert is a special extra for our subscribers only. Come and meet the choir over a drink and let us serenade you with some favourite madrigals and motets, themed around that most magnificent substance—wine!

This will be a fun and informal performance, with songs full of bawdy humour. The lighter side of some of the Renaissance period's most esteemed composers will be showcased, including Orlande de Lassus, Henry Purcell and Thomas Ravenscroft.

Programme

Of Ale:

Toss the pot                                               Thomas Ravenscroft (c 1582- 1635)
Drinking songs                                            Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
• He that drinks is immortal
• Five reasons
• Down with Bacchus
Down among the dead men                         Trad English Air (c.1700) as published in John                                                                  Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1726)

Quaffing in the cloister:

Monsieur l’Abbe                                         Orlando de Lassus (c.1532-1594)
Bonum vinum                                             Anon (Glogauer Liederbuch 15th C)
Nous sommes de l’order de Saint Babouyn   Loyset Compere (c.1445-1518)

Good wine and beer :

Un jour vis un foulon                                  Lassus
Post martinum                                           Johann Schein (1586-1630)
Audite nova                                               Lassus
Tordion – Quand je bois le vin clairet          Anon French, pub. Pierre Attaignant 1530
Wohlauf, ihr gaeste                                   Erasmus Widmann (1572-1634)

Cautionary tales...

Fertur in conviviis                                     Lassus
Vidi alios intrantes/Da trunken sie             Kaspar Othmayr (1515-1553)

Divine indulgence:

Jam lucis orto sidere                                 Lassus
 

This concert was part of the 2014 Subscription Series.

Musical Director

Michael Stewart

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Reviews

"The choir produced a beautifully balanced, floating sound enhanced, as always, by impeccable intonation and wonderfully shaped phrasing and cadences."

Middle C, 12 April 2014

Review of Music for Holy Week, Saturday 12 April 2014

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