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St James' Priory
Whitson Street
Bristol
BS1 3NZ
England
Tickets
Prices: £10 to £15
Book Tickets
Programme
John Tavener – They are all gone into a world of light
Kate Rusby – Underneath the Stars (arr. J Clements)
Oliver Tarney – Stars
Ian Carpenter – Holy is the true light
Robert White – Christe qui lux es et dies
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
Charles Wood – Hail Gladdening Light
Neil Cox – Keep me as the apple of an eye
William Byrd – Christe qui lux es et dies
Dan Forrest – The Sun Never Says
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Surge illuminare Jerusalem
Andrej Makor – O lux beata Trinitas
William Harris – Bring Us, O Lord God
Lucy Walker – O nata lux
Performers
David Ogden – Conductor
Programme Note
On UNESCO’s International Day of Light, Exultate Singers presents 70 minutes of radiant music inspired by light in all its forms, with a spectrum of sacred and secular choral works from across the centuries.
Beginning in the warmth of late-afternoon spring sunshine with a chant by the 12th-century composer Hildegard of Bingen, the programme traces a luminous path through time – from the shimmering polyphony of 16th-century English masters Robert White, William Byrd and Thomas Tallis to the ethereal soundworlds of the 20th century in music by William Harris and John Tavener.
The journey concludes in the present day with exquisite motets by emerging British composers Oliver Tarney and Lucy Walker, alongside a mesmerising work by Slovenian composer Andrej Makor.
For a final touch of evening glow, an arrangement of Kate Rusby’s beloved song Underneath the Stars gently carries us into the evening.
