Details
SJE Arts - St John the Evangelist Church
109A Iffley Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1EH
England
Programme
Eric Whitacre – Saint Chapelle
Peter Warlock – A Cornish Christmas Carol
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Good day Sir Christemas
Sally Beamish – In the stillness
Cecilia McDowall – Now may we singen
Vítězslava Kaprálová – 2 Women's Choruses, Op.17: Little Star
Herbert Howells – Long, Long Ago
Adolphus Hailstork – The Lamb
Errollyn Wallen – Pace
Vytautas Miškinis – Dum medium silentium
Bob Chilcott – The Rose in the Middle of Winter
Joanna Marsh – In Winter's House
John Tavener – Hymn to the Mother of God
Dobrinka Tabakova – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Performers
Will Dawes – choral director
Commotio
Programme Note
Commotio return for their first live performance since December 2019, to the welcoming warmth of SJE Arts. Guest director Will Dawes has collated a scintillating programme of choral music celebrating the very best of contemporary choral music, and the lesser known works of 20th Century composers such as Warlock and Howells. Whitacre and Tabakova combine ancient plainsong in lucious contemporary choral settings, whilst Miskinis represents silence with minimalist brilliance. From meditative Tavener and Wallen, to the unapologetically Christmassy Chilcott, Warlock and Frances Hoad, Commotio invites you to start Advent with a choral celebration.