Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: “Byrd and Bard” at Christ Church, Skipton on Friday 17th November 2023

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Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: “Byrd and Bard”

Add to my Calendar 17-11-2023 19:30 17-11-2023 21:30 36 Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: “Byrd and Bard” Our next concert celebrates 400 years since William Byrd’s death, bringing together Byrd’s sublime “Mass for Four Voices” with the delightful and contrasting settings of songs by his dramatist contemporary, Shakespeare, composed by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and R. Vaughan Williams.  In addition, as well as a secular partsong, we will be singing two of Byrd’s best-known motets, the uplifting “Sing Joyfully” and contemplative “Ave Verum Corpus”, with the challenging “Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined”, by the contemporary composer Roderick Williams.  The modern vein continues with a setting of Silvestri’s “Sainte-Chapelle” by one of our favourite composers, Eric Whitacre, and Bob Chilcott’s arrangement of another setting of a Shakespeare song, this time by William Walton, “Touch her soft lips and part”. To increase the choir’s linguistic challenge, we travel north to Iceland, singing the ethereal classical hymn “Heyr, himna smiður” (Hear, smith of the heavens) – a modern setting of a 13th century text. We hope you will be able to join us for a great evening in the wonderful acoustic of Christ Church.  Christ Church, Skipton DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Christ Church
Cross Street
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 2AH
England

Friday 17th November 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

William Byrd – Mass for 4 Voices
William Byrd – Why Do I Use My Paper Ink and Pen?
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
William Byrd – Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength
~ Interval ~
Bob Chilcott – Touch her soft lips and part (arr. of setting by William Walton)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare songs
Roderick Williams – Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined
Eric Whitacre – Sainte-Chapelle
Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson – Heyr himna smiður
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Four Shakespeare Songs

Performers

Robert Webb – choral director

Pinsuti Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Our next concert celebrates 400 years since William Byrd’s death, bringing together Byrd’s sublime “Mass for Four Voices” with the delightful and contrasting settings of songs by his dramatist contemporary, Shakespeare, composed by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and R. Vaughan Williams.

In addition, as well as a secular partsong, we will be singing two of Byrd’s best-known motets, the uplifting “Sing Joyfully” and contemplative “Ave Verum Corpus”, with the challenging “Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined”, by the contemporary composer Roderick Williams. The modern vein continues with a setting of Silvestri’s “Sainte-Chapelle” by one of our favourite composers, Eric Whitacre, and Bob Chilcott’s arrangement of another setting of a Shakespeare song, this time by William Walton, “Touch her soft lips and part”.

To increase the choir’s linguistic challenge, we travel north to Iceland, singing the ethereal classical hymn “Heyr, himna smiður” (Hear, smith of the heavens) – a modern setting of a 13th century text.

We hope you will be able to join us for a great evening in the wonderful acoustic of Christ Church.

Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: “Byrd and Bard”

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