Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell: Music by D.Scarlatti, Lotti and Parry at St Cuthbert's Chapel, Durham on Saturday 24th March 2018

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Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell

Music by D.Scarlatti, Lotti and Parry

Add to my Calendar 24-03-2018 19:30 24-03-2018 21:30 36 Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell Reflections on human mortality and the end of life, as seen through music from baroque Italy and wartime England. In his setting of the Stabat Mater, Domenico Scarlatti enriches the choral texture with four soprano parts, creating an intense portrayal of Mary's grief as she stands at the foot of the cross watching her son die. Antonio Lotti's 8-part Crucifixus is his best-known work, and is full of agonised harmonic tension. Parry's six Songs of Farewell uses English poetry to offer a different perspective, reflecting quietly on ordinary lives with ordinary endings, and what might come afterwards. Francesca Massey conducts the Durham Singers in this set of beautifully crafted songs that are very different from the public ceremonial works that are associated with Parry. St Cuthbert's Chapel, Durham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Cuthbert's Chapel
College Road
Ushaw College
Durham
County Durham
DH7 9RH
England

Saturday 24th March 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Doménico Scarlatti – Stabat Mater a dieci voci
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus a 8 voci
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 5, At the round earth's imagined corners

Performers

Julian Wright – Conductor
Francesca Massey – Conductor / organ
Hector Sequera – theorbo

Durham Singers

Programme Note

Reflections on human mortality and the end of life, as seen through music from baroque Italy and wartime England. In his setting of the Stabat Mater, Domenico Scarlatti enriches the choral texture with four soprano parts, creating an intense portrayal of Mary's grief as she stands at the foot of the cross watching her son die. Antonio Lotti's 8-part Crucifixus is his best-known work, and is full of agonised harmonic tension.

Parry's six Songs of Farewell uses English poetry to offer a different perspective, reflecting quietly on ordinary lives with ordinary endings, and what might come afterwards. Francesca Massey conducts the Durham Singers in this set of beautifully crafted songs that are very different from the public ceremonial works that are associated with Parry.

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