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Christ Church
Julian Road
Bath
Somerset
BA1 2RH
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – O Taste and See
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Thomas Tallis – If ye love me
William Byrd – O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
Kerry Andrew – O Nata Lux
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn
Thomas Morley – Nolo mortem peccatoris
John Bennet – All Creatures Now are Merry-minded
Michael Cavendish – Come, gentle swains
Thomas Weelkes – As Vesta Was, from Latmos Hill Descending
John Ireland – The Hills
Benjamin Britten – Gloriana, Op.53: Choral Dances
Performers
Tony Shield – Conductor
Cappella Nova, Bath
Programme Note
Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II both reigned during astonishingly rich and golden ages of musical composition. This concert celebrates English choral music, both sacred and secular, written during their times on the throne. Madrigals and motets by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and Thomas Morley are contrasted with works by Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams and James MacMillan. The second half in particular is taken from two song collections offered to the two queens – The Triumphs of Oriana in 1601, A Garland for the Queen in 1953 - and from Britten’s opera Gloriana.
The concert highlights the amazingly rich and vibrant musical life of two of England’s greatest queens, who together reigned for over 114 years.
Proceeds from the concert will support the work of Designability, a charity enabling disabled people to live with greater independence.
