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Choral Perspectives - Dresdner Motettenchor
The leading German chamber choir 'Dresdner Motettenchor' performs at St Gabriel's as part of a collaboration with the London-based Joyful Company of Singers.
Add to my Calendar 23-10-2026 19:00 23-10-2026 21:00 36 Choral Perspectives - Dresdner Motettenchor Dresdner Motettenchor directed by Matthias Jung perform chamber choral works from across Europe by composers such as Schütz, Bach, Britten, Nystedt, Weelkes, Weismann, Becker, Saint-Saëns, Vasks and Pearsall. We are most grateful to The Dresden Trust - www.dresdentrust.org - for their generous support for this collaborative choral project. ( Dresdner Motettenchor will also perform a joint concert with the Joyful Company of Singers St Saviour’s Church in St Albans on 24th October at 5pm. Their programme ‘Choral Inspirations will feature British and German choral music including works by Byrd, Purcell, Schütz, Brahms, Parry, Britten and Vaughan Williams. Tickets are on sale online now: Eventbrite - Choral Inspirations ) St Gabriel's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Gabriel's Church
Warwick Square
Pimlico
London
SW1V 2AD
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 / £10 concessions / under 12 free
Book Tickets
Programme
Knut Nystedt – Laudate Dominum
Thomas Weelkes – Hosanna to the Son of David
Thomas Weelkes – When David Heard that Absalon was slain
Heinrich Schütz – Ich bin ein rechte Weinstock, SWV 389
Heinrich Schütz – Psalmen Davids, SWV 25: Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir
Johann Michael Bach – Halt, was du hast (motet)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
Rudolph Mauersberger – Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, RMWV 4/1
Wilhelm Weismann – 1. Tagelied (Heinrich von Morungen)
Wilhelm Weismann – 3. Klage (Hartmann von der Aue)
Benjamin Britten – Five flower songs, Op.47
Camille Saint-Saëns – Calme des nuits, Op.68 no.1
Pēteris Vasks – Pater Noster
Robert Lucas Pearsall – Great God of Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Valiant-for-truth
Benjamin Britten – Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most high
Albert Becker – Bleibe, Abend will es werden
Performers
Matthias Jung – Conductor
Programme Note
Dresdner Motettenchor directed by Matthias Jung perform chamber choral works from across Europe by composers such as Schütz, Bach, Britten, Nystedt, Weelkes, Weismann, Becker, Saint-Saëns, Vasks and Pearsall.
We are most grateful to The Dresden Trust - www.dresdentrust.org - for their generous support for this collaborative choral project.
( Dresdner Motettenchor will also perform a joint concert with the Joyful Company of Singers St Saviour’s Church in St Albans on 24th October at 5pm. Their programme ‘Choral Inspirations will feature British and German choral music including works by Byrd, Purcell, Schütz, Brahms, Parry, Britten and Vaughan Williams. Tickets are on sale online now: Eventbrite - Choral Inspirations )
