Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: "Shine, Silent Flower" at St Andrew's Church, Skipton on Saturday 29th April 2023

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Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: "Shine, Silent Flower"

Add to my Calendar 29-04-2023 19:30 29-04-2023 21:30 36 Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: "Shine, Silent Flower" Pinsuti’s spring concert marks the changing season with a  floral theme, showcasing two challenging but delightful modern song sequences: Lauridsen’s “Les chansons des roses” and Mealor’s  “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”.  A more uniform lightness of spirit emerges in madrigals from the reign of Elizabeth I: a stylistically varied selection from "The Triumphs of Oriana", compiled and published in 1601.  Each of these ends with the same couplet celebrating "Fair Oriana" (who may or may not have been Queen Elizabeth I).With Royal Coronations in the air, we take the opportunity to sing some of the spectacular pieces from “A Garland for the Queen”, commissioned from leading British composers to honour the new monarch at her coronation in 1953. Intended as a counterpart to the 1601 collection, this "Garland" emulates its predecessor in its variety of moods and vocal combinations. The music responds to every aspect of celebration, and the choir will sing a selection of the 10 part-songs, namely those by Bliss, Ireland, Finzi, Rawsthorne and Vaughan Williams. We hope you will join us for an evening of variety and depth, contrasting the lightness and pace of the madrigals with the celebratory power of Bliss's "Aubade" and the "wistful nocturne" of Lauridsen's "Contre qui, rose". St Andrew's Church, Skipton DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew's Church
Newmarket Street
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 2JE
England

Saturday 29th April 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Arthur Bliss – Aubade
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Silence and Music
John Ireland – The Hills
Gerald Finzi – White-Flowering Days, Op.37
Rawsthorne Alan – Canzonet
John Bennett – All creatures now
William Cobbold – With wreaths of rose and laurel
John Hilton – Fair Oriana
John Milton Sr. – Fair Orian, in the morn
Thomas Morley – Hard by a crystal fountain
Thomas Morley – Arise, Awake
Daniel Norcome – With angel's face and brightness
Thomas Weelkes – As Vesta Was, from Latmos Hill Descending
Paul Mealor – Four Madrigals: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Paul Mealor – Four Madrigals: Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting
Paul Mealor – Four Madrigals: Upon a bank with roses set about
Paul Mealor – Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal: A spotless rose
Morten Lauridsen – Les Chansons des Roses

Performers

Robert Webb – choral director

Pinsuti Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Pinsuti’s spring concert marks the changing season with a floral theme, showcasing two challenging but delightful modern song sequences: Lauridsen’s “Les chansons des roses” and Mealor’s “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”.

A more uniform lightness of spirit emerges in madrigals from the reign of Elizabeth I: a stylistically varied selection from "The Triumphs of Oriana", compiled and published in 1601. Each of these ends with the same couplet celebrating "Fair Oriana" (who may or may not have been Queen Elizabeth I).

With Royal Coronations in the air, we take the opportunity to sing some of the spectacular pieces from “A Garland for the Queen”, commissioned from leading British composers to honour the new monarch at her coronation in 1953. Intended as a counterpart to the 1601 collection, this "Garland" emulates its predecessor in its variety of moods and vocal combinations. The music responds to every aspect of celebration, and the choir will sing a selection of the 10 part-songs, namely those by Bliss, Ireland, Finzi, Rawsthorne and Vaughan Williams.

We hope you will join us for an evening of variety and depth, contrasting the lightness and pace of the madrigals with the celebratory power of Bliss's "Aubade" and the "wistful nocturne" of Lauridsen's "Contre qui, rose".

Pinsuti Chamber Choir presents: "Shine, Silent Flower"

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