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Mother, Sister, Daughter
Music and intriguing stories of women across the ages, including newly discovered music, and a new commission by Joanna Marsh.
Part of the Brighton Early Music - Autumn 2023 Festival
Add to my Calendar 22-10-2023 19:30 22-10-2023 21:30 36 Mother, Sister, Daughter Mother, Sister, Daughter celebrates women’s spiritual relationships, with music honouring the Blessed Virgin Mary and communities of sisters in early modern Europe, and a new work The Veiled Sisters by Joanna Marsh on a poem by Norfolk poet, Esther Morgan. Its other highlights are motets attributed to Suor Leonora d’Este, Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, and an Office of St Clare from the convent of Galileo’s daughter, Suor Maria Celeste Galilei. St Martin's Church, Brighton and Hove DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin's Church
Lewes Road
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
BN2 3HQ
England
Programme
Anonymous – Missa de Beata Virgine
Anonymous – Vespers of St Lucy
Antoine Brumel – Mater patris et filia
Anonymous – Virgo Maria speciosissima
Maistre Jhan – Ecce amica mea
Marguerite de Navarre – Avés poinct veu la malheureuse
Martha Baerts – Aen mijn Suster Betken
Anonymous – Mater Christi cooperto capite
Anonymous – Vespere autem sabbati
Anonymous – Second Vespers of St Clare: Excerpts
Joanna Marsh – The Veiled Sisters
Performers
Claire Williams – Director / organ
Laurie Stras – Director
Yvonne Eddy – soprano
Hannah Ely – soprano
Elspeth Piggott – soprano
Victoria Couper – mezzo-soprano
Katharine Hawnt – mezzo-soprano
Sarah Anne Champion – mezzo-soprano
Kirsty Whatley – Harp
Alison Kinder – bass viol
Musica Secreta
Celestial Sirens
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Mother, Sister, Daughter celebrates women’s spiritual relationships, with music honouring the Blessed Virgin Mary and communities of sisters in early modern Europe, and a new work The Veiled Sisters by Joanna Marsh on a poem by Norfolk poet, Esther Morgan. Its other highlights are motets attributed to Suor Leonora d’Este, Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, and an Office of St Clare from the convent of Galileo’s daughter, Suor Maria Celeste Galilei.
