Leah Stuttard & Agnethe Christensen: The Secret Life of Lutheran Chorales at National Centre for Early Music, York on Thursday 23rd November 2017

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Leah Stuttard & Agnethe Christensen

The Secret Life of Lutheran Chorales

Add to my Calendar 23-11-2017 19:30 23-11-2017 21:30 36 Leah Stuttard & Agnethe Christensen Leah Stuttard Gothic harp, voice, bellsAgnethe Christensen Voice, Nordic lyres, bells The Secret Life of Lutheran Chorales Martin Luther’s chorale melodies are familiar to many people. They are still sung in churches and concert halls, absorbed into living traditions and the classical canon. Now in this 500th anniversary year of the beginning of the Reformation we are searching for their origins and developments… Latin plainsongs, polyphony by composers include Dufay and Scandinavian folk hymns with beautiful and unexpected chromatics. You will see the humble hymn in a different light! ‘dazzling fingerwork’ Early Music Today National Centre for Early Music, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

National Centre for Early Music
St Margaret's Church
Walmgate
York
YO1 9TL
England

Thursday 23rd November 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Martin Luther – Chorale Melodies

Performers

Leah Stuttard – Harp
Agnethe Christensen – lyre

Programme Note

Leah Stuttard Gothic harp, voice, bells
Agnethe Christensen Voice, Nordic lyres, bells

The Secret Life of Lutheran Chorales

Martin Luther’s chorale melodies are familiar to many people. They are still sung in churches and concert halls, absorbed into living traditions and the classical canon. Now in this 500th anniversary year of the beginning of the Reformation we are searching for their origins and developments… Latin plainsongs, polyphony by composers include Dufay and Scandinavian folk hymns with beautiful and unexpected chromatics. You will see the humble hymn in a different light!

‘dazzling fingerwork’ Early Music Today

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