Music for Holy Week

Friday 22 April 2011, 9pm

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Cnr Molesworth and Hill St
Wellington

We return to the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul for our annual presentation of music for Holy Week, this year featuring selections from Victoria’s monumental Tenebrae Responsaries alongside Lotti’s Crucifixus à 8 and Brahms’ last choral works, the Drei Motetten Op.110.

Programme

PLAINSONG: Crux Fidelis

VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday)

Amicus meus; Unus ex discipulis meis;

PLAINSONG: De parentis

PIZZETTI: De Profundis

PLAINSONG: Hoc opus

VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday)

Tenebrae factae sunt; Iesum tradidit impius

PLAINSONG: Quando venit

BRAHMS: Three Motets Op 110

PLAINSONG: Sola digna

VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday)

Caligaverunt oculi mei; O vos omnes

PLAINSONG: Sempiterna sit beatae

LOTTI: Crucifixus à 8

This concert was part of the 2011 Performance Series.

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Review

Once more, this superb, world-class choir which is far more than simply an ‘early music’ ensemble, delivered performances of warmth, precision, wide-ranging expressiveness, beauty and impressive ensemble.

Middle C, 22 April 2011