The Darkness is no Darkness at St George's Church, London on Saturday 30th November 2019

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The Darkness is no Darkness

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Details

St George's Church
Bloomsbury Way
Bloomsbury
London
WC1A 2SA
England

Saturday 30th November 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Matthew Martin – O rex gentium
Francis Poulenc – O magnum mysterium, FP 152 no.1
Judith Bingham – The Darkness is no Darkness
Jean Mouton – Nesciens mater virgo virum
Benjamin Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Oliver Tarney – The Waiting Sky
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Ave Maria for 8 voices
~ Interval ~
Cecilia McDowall – O Oriens
Francis Poulenc – Quem vidistis pastores dicite, FP 152 no.2
James Bassi – Quem pastores laudavere
John Tavener – Mother of God
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Hodie Christus natus est a8
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
John Rutter – Hymn to the Creator of Light

Performers

Charlie Warren – Conductor

Hesperos Choir

Programme Note

Hesperos are excited to present our fourth and final concert of 2019. Set in the beautiful Hawksmoor church of Saint George's, Bloomsbury, this Advent concert features Renaissance polychoral settings, alongside more recent works by Britten, Rachmaninov, Bingham, and Tarney, interspersed with chorales from throughout the ages.

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