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SJE Arts - St John the Evangelist Church
109A Iffley Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1EH
England
Programme
Gioachino Rossini – Petite messe solennelle
Anton Bruckner – 4 Tantum ergo, WAB 41
Anton Bruckner – Christus factus est, WAB 11
Anton Bruckner – Ave Maria, WAB 6
Anton Bruckner – Locus iste, WAB 23
Performers
Libby Burgess – Conductor
Aoife Miskelly – soprano
Carris Jones – contralto
Chris Turner – Tenor
Ed Ballard – baritone
Anne Page – harmonium
Gavin Roberts – piano
Sholto Kynoch – piano
Oxford Bach Choir
Programme Note
Rossini joked that he could not decide whether his Petite Messe Solennelle was “musique sacrée” (sacred music) or “sacrée musique” (damned music), and its jaunty and memorable melodies have enchanted and surprised audiences ever since. Yet Rossini also shows himself a master of counterpoint in the magnificent fugues which end the Gloria and Credo. The Oxford Bach Choir pairs Rossini's late masterpiece with a selection of motets by his younger contemporary, the Austrian Anton Bruckner. Best known for his great symphonies, Bruckner also wrote much sacred music throughout his life, and his beautiful and dramatic motets represent a high point in nineteenth-century religious music.
