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St Mary and St George Church
Rutland Avenue
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP12 3XA
England
Programme
Thomas Tallis – Salvator Mundi (I)
Philip Moore – Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Johannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied, Op.30
Anton Bruckner – Christus factus est, WAB 11
Antonio Caldara – Crucifixus
Henry Purcell – Thou knowest Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z.58b
Henry Purcell – Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z.15
Orlando Gibbons – O Lord in Thy Wrath
Orlando Gibbons – Hosanna to the son of David
Thomas Weelkes – Hosanna to the Son of David
Performers
Tim Venvell – Conductor
Wycombe Chamber Choir
Programme Note
This beautiful programme of music for Passiontide and Palm Sunday opens with two settings of Hosanna to the King of David by Thomas Weelkes and by Orlando Gibbons. There is also a 16-part setting of Crucifixus by Italian composer Antonio Caldara, plus works by Brahms and Bruckner. The concert ends with a haunting setting of three prayers written by Dietrich Bonhoffer while in prison awaiting execution.
