Three Shakespeare Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday 13 December 2003, 8pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Hill Street
Wellington
Directed by Alastair Carey
with additional repertoire by Howells, Brahms, Gibbons, Tallis and Dove
Vaughan-Williams' masterful settings of three of Shakespeare's most profound texts, with additional sacred and secular choral works by the great composer and his contemporaries, plus Christmas carols — including an exciting new Christmas composition by English composer Jonathan Dove. This varied programme includes highlights from The Tudor Consort's recent six-concert series performed at the 35th Tolosa International Choral Competition in Spain in October 2003.
Programme
Herbert Howells: Requiem: Salvator Mundi
David Hamilton: Nunc Dimittis
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O vos omnes
Orlando Gibbons: O Lord in Thy wrath
Orlando Gibbons: Out of the Deep
Herbert Howells: Here is the Little Door
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: The Blessed Son of God
Johannes Brahms: Ich aber bin elend
Peter Philips: O Crux Splendidior
Thomas Tallis: O sacrum convivium
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
Interval
Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Robert Pearsall: Lay a Garland
Carlo Gesualdo: Dolcissima mia vita
Clement Janequin: Le Chant des Oiseaux
Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings
Thomas Tomkins: O Praise the Lord all ye Heathen
This concert was part of the 2003 Subscription Series.
Review
"[The Tudor Consort] produced glorious sound in their specialist Renaissance repertoire but also impressed in their Brahms motet"
Capital Times, 17 December 2003
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