St Cecilia’s Day Recital

Although a patron saint’s day may provide a fitting occasion for celebration, we may wonder in this case what St Cecilia would have thought of her own status in modern times. In fact, the legendary St Cecilia only became patron saint of music during the 16th century — the result of a mis-reading of an early Christian text which seemed to link her name with the organ.

“Further confirmation that this small specialist choir is one of the most exciting groups to arrive on the New Zealand musical scene in recent years” — The Dominion

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Programme

Gradual: Hodie Christus natus est: Sweelinck
Motet: Alma redemptoris: Orlando Lassus
Motet: Ne timeas Maria: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Motet: Non conturbetur cor vestrum: Leonin

Four carols from O Magnum Mysterium: Peter Maxwell Davies

O Magnum Mysterium
Haylle, comly and clene
Alleluia, pro Virgine Maria
The Fader of Heven

Interval

Motet: Loquebantur variis linguis: Thomas Tallis
Motet: Miserere mei: Robert White
Motet: Domine praestolamur: William Byrd
Motet: Verbum caro: John Sheppard

8pm, Saturday 22 November 1986
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Molesworth Street, Wellington

dir. Simon Ravens

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