Contrapunctus: Motets by Philips and Dering at Queen's College Chapel, Oxford on Saturday 25th May 2024

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Contrapunctus: Motets by Philips and Dering

Add to my Calendar 25-05-2024 19:30 25-05-2024 21:30 36 Contrapunctus: Motets by Philips and Dering Two of England’s greatest 17th-century composers of sacred music – Richard Dering and Peter Philips – were Catholics who emigrated from Protestant England and made their careers on the Continent, working for English Catholic convents and for the court of the Spanish rulers of the Netherlands. Contrapunctus explores Philips’s beautifully wrought and expressive motets from his Cantiones sacræ of 1612, alongside duets in the modern Italian manner by Dering, published after his return to England in the service of Queen Henrietta Maria. Queen's College Chapel, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Queen's College Chapel
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England

Saturday 25th May 2024
7:30 PM

Programme

Peter Philips – Hodie beata virgo
Peter Philips – Surgens Jesus
Peter Philips – Ascendit Deus
Peter Philips – Factum est silentium
Peter Philips – Tristitia vestra
Peter Philips – Salve Regina
Richard Dering – Duo Seraphim
Richard Dering – Panis angelicus
Alessandro Grandi – O bone Jesu

Performers

Owen Rees – Conductor

Contrapunctus

Programme Note

Two of England’s greatest 17th-century composers of sacred music – Richard Dering and Peter Philips – were Catholics who emigrated from Protestant England and made their careers on the Continent, working for English Catholic convents and for the court of the Spanish rulers of the Netherlands. Contrapunctus explores Philips’s beautifully wrought and expressive motets from his Cantiones sacræ of 1612, alongside duets in the modern Italian manner by Dering, published after his return to England in the service of Queen Henrietta Maria.

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