Nos Miseri Homines - Great Expectations: Seasonal music for Advent and preparation for Christmas at St John's Chapel, Chichester on Saturday 19th November 2016

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Nos Miseri Homines - Great Expectations

Seasonal music for Advent and preparation for Christmas

Add to my Calendar 19-11-2016 19:00 19-11-2016 21:00 36 Nos Miseri Homines - Great Expectations Nos Miseri Homines - an ensemble of outstanding young singers - return to Chichester to present some of the finest music for Advent and the build up to Christmas. Works by Byrd, Taverner and Gibbons; through Brahms and Stainer; and into the modern day with Joubert , Weir, MacMillan and Head, there will be something to kick off everybody's preparations for Christmas. Nos Miseri Homines was founded in 2013 by a group of choral scholars and lay clerks at Christ Church, Oxford. The singers, who perform one on each part, are hand-picked from Chichester and Winchester Cathedrals, London Colleges and Consorts, and Oxford, to create the thrilling blend and intimate style of performance that has been attracting attention and delighting audiences. St John's Chapel, Chichester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Chapel
St John's Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1UR
England

Saturday 19th November 2016
7:00 PM

Programme

William Byrd – Rorate coeli desuper
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
Francisco Guerrero – Canite Tuba
Kenneth Leighton – Drop, drop slow tears
John Stainer – The Crucifixion: 'God so loved the world'
William Byrd – Laetentur coeli
Carlo Gesualdo – O Oriens
Judith Weir – Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above
~ Interval ~
James MacMillan – Lux Aeterna
William Byrd – Vigilate
John Taverner – Audivi vocem de coelo
Orlando Gibbons – Magnificat
John Joubert – There is no Rose of Such Virtue, Op.14
Lennox Berkeley – I sing of a maiden
Johannes Brahms – Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op.29 no.1
John Sheppard – Verbum caro
Michael Head – The Little Road to Bethlehem

Performers

Nos Miseri Homines

Programme Note

Nos Miseri Homines - an ensemble of outstanding young singers - return to Chichester to present some of the finest music for Advent and the build up to Christmas. Works by Byrd, Taverner and Gibbons; through Brahms and Stainer; and into the modern day with Joubert , Weir, MacMillan and Head, there will be something to kick off everybody's preparations for Christmas.

Nos Miseri Homines was founded in 2013 by a group of choral scholars and lay clerks at Christ Church, Oxford. The singers, who perform one on each part, are hand-picked from Chichester and Winchester Cathedrals, London Colleges and Consorts, and Oxford, to create the thrilling blend and intimate style of performance that has been attracting attention and delighting audiences.

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