A Polyphonic Journey at St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom on Saturday 29th October 2022

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A Polyphonic Journey

Part of the Epsom Chamber Choir 2022 - 2023 Season

Add to my Calendar 29-10-2022 19:30 29-10-2022 21:30 36 A Polyphonic Journey EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR TAKES A MUSICAL JOURNEY Epsom Chamber Choir is asking its audience to leap aboard their time machine and join them on an intriguing Polyphonic Journey. Focusing on polyphonic music – interweaving lines of independent melody - their October concert will present music from the earliest plainsong to present-day composers including Roderick Williams and their very own Helen Williams.  On the way they will visit Josquin des Prez, Byrd, Tallis and another contemporary composer, Roxanna Panufnik.  The concert will culminate with Imogen Holst’s beautiful Mass in A minor. “An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony.” Pope Benedict XVI Epsom Chamber Choir is one of Surrey’s leading chamber choirs.  Directed by Mark Biggins, it performs regularly at St Martin’s Church, Epsom where the excellent acoustics make the most of the choir’s superb sound.   St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Martin of Tours Church
Church Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 4PX
England

Saturday 29th October 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Josquin des Prez – O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu
Imogen Holst – Mass in A Minor
Helen Williams – Come, Sleep
Roxanna Panufnik – Kyrie after Byrd
Roderick Williams – Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Thomas Tallis – Videte miraculum matris Domini

Performers

Mark Biggins – Conductor

Epsom Chamber Choir

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Programme Note

EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR TAKES A MUSICAL JOURNEY

Epsom Chamber Choir is asking its audience to leap aboard their time machine and join them on an intriguing Polyphonic Journey.

Focusing on polyphonic music – interweaving lines of independent melody - their October concert will present music from the earliest plainsong to present-day composers including Roderick Williams and their very own Helen Williams. On the way they will visit Josquin des Prez, Byrd, Tallis and another contemporary composer, Roxanna Panufnik. The concert will culminate with Imogen Holst’s beautiful Mass in A minor.

“An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony.” Pope Benedict XVI

Epsom Chamber Choir is one of Surrey’s leading chamber choirs. Directed by Mark Biggins, it performs regularly at St Martin’s Church, Epsom where the excellent acoustics make the most of the choir’s superb sound.

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