Spirit of England
The best of English choral music from across the centuries
Add to my Calendar 24-06-2017 19:30 24-06-2017 21:30 36 Spirit of England After our Grand European Tour earlier in the year, this time we are staying at home: join us for a summer’s evening of British music from across the centuries. Some of the finest choral music written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century for our churches and cathedrals forms the backbone of our programme, but there is also music from the Tudor period, including music by Byrd, Tallis and Gibbons. Finally there is a reminder of a little of our traditional folksong heritage, with songs arranged by Bairstow, Holst, Warlock and Vaughan Williams. Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sherborne Abbey
Abbey Close
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3LQ
England
Programme
William Byrd – Mass for 4 Voices
Edward Elgar – Give unto the Lord, Op.74
Gerald Finzi – God is gone up, Op.27 no.2
Orlando Gibbons – O clap your hands together
Basil Harwood – O how glorious
John Naylor – Vox dicentis
Peter Philips – Ascendit Deus
Charles Villiers Stanford – 3 Motets, Op.38
Thomas Tallis – If ye love me
Thomas Tallis – O nata lux de lumine
Thomas Tallis – O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Gustav Holst – I love my love, Op.36b no.5
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The turtle dove
Performers
Paul Ellis – Conductor
Simon Clarkson – organ
Sherborne Chamber Choir
Programme Note
After our Grand European Tour earlier in the year, this time we are staying at home: join us for a summer’s evening of British music from across the centuries. Some of the finest choral music written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century for our churches and cathedrals forms the backbone of our programme, but there is also music from the Tudor period, including music by Byrd, Tallis and Gibbons. Finally there is a reminder of a little of our traditional folksong heritage, with songs arranged by Bairstow, Holst, Warlock and Vaughan Williams.