Magnificat BWV 243: J S Bach 1685-1750

with additional settings of the Magnificat by Lassus and Monteverdi

Sunday 30 July 2006, 8pm

Pre-concert talk 7.30pm

St Mary of the Angels
Boulcott St
Wellington

The Magnificat is one of the great Latin hymns of the Catholic Church and has inspired some of music’s finest sacred writing. In this performance of Renaissance and Baroque Magnificats we present Bach’s famous setting for orchestra, soloists and choir, Lassus’s mighty six part work on the themes of Josquin des Prez’s magnificent motet Praeter Rerum Seriem, and Monteverdi’s little-performed ‘alternate’ Magnificat setting from the 1610 Vespers, a stunning work for six part choir, virtuoso vocal soloists and chamber organ.

Programme

Magnificat “The Second Service”: Orlando Gibbons

Soprano Jane McKinlay, Ondine Godstchalk
Alto Christopher Warwick
Tenor Alastair Carey
Bass David Treacher, Simon Baskerville

Chamber Organ Maxwell Kenworthy

Magnificat “Praeter Rerum Seriem” a 6: Orlandi di Lassus

Magnificat a 6: Claudio Monteverdi

Soprano Pepe Becker, Nicola Edgecombe
Tenor Alastair Carey, Richard Taylor
Bass David Treacher

Chamber Organ Douglas Mews

Interval

Magnificat BWV 243: J S Bach

i. Magnificat anima mea Dominum
ii. Et exsulavit
iii. Quia respexit
iv. Omnes generationes
v. Quia fecit mihi magna
vi. Et misericordia
vii. Fecit potentiam
viii. Deposuit
ix. Esurientes
x. Suscepit Israel
xi. Sicut locutus est
xii. Gloria Patri (MP3 sound, 2866 Kb)

Soprano Pepe Becker, Nicola Edgecombe
Alto Megan Hurnard
Tenor Alastair Carey
Bass Kenneth Ryan

Academia Sanctae Mariae Baroque Orchestra
leader Anne Loeser
directed by Robert Oliver

This concert was part of the 2006 Performance Series.

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