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St Mary-at-Hill Church
Lovat Lane
Billingsgate
City of London
London
EC3R 8EE
England
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – Im Advent, Op.79 no.5
James MacMillan – Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn
Heinrich Schütz – Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk, SWV 382
Thea Musgrave – Hear the voice of the Bard
William Byrd – Vigilate
Cecilia McDowall – O Oriens
Johannes Brahms – O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op.74, No.2
John Sheppard – Verbum caro
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – Frohlocket ihr Völker auf Erden, Op.79 no.2
Francis Poulenc – 4 Motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152
Jean Mouton – Nesciens mater virgo virum
Orlande de Lassus – Resonet in laudibus
John Ireland – The Holy Boy
Arnold Schoenberg – Friede auf Erden, Op.13
Performers
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Londinium
Programme Note
A festive programme traces the journey from Old Testament prophecy to the events of the Nativity in a superb selection of a cappella repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Highlights include Poulenc's lyrical Four Christmas Motets, music by Brahms, Byrd, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Mouton and Schütz, and, from our own time, works by James MacMillan and Cecilia McDowall. Our programme closes with a rare performance of Schoenberg's glorious early masterpiece Friede auf Erden: an unforgettable, sumptuously-scored clarion call for harmony and brotherhood in a fractured world.
Londinium is one of London's most versatile chamber choirs, noted for its vibrant performances of unusual a cappella repertoire. Diverse and innovative programmes bring together works from different periods and traditions to thrilling effect, in performances which have consistently won critical acclaim.
