Spain's Golden Age at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh on Saturday 11th March 2023

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Spain's Golden Age

Add to my Calendar 11-03-2023 19:30 11-03-2023 21:30 36 Spain's Golden Age The Edinburgh Singers present a celebration of music from the Spanish Golden Age, a period of flourishing culture that produced some of Spain's best music. The programme commences with Victoria's glorious O Magnum Mysterium and is followed by rousing works collected by Mateo Flecha the Elder, such as the lively Riu Riu Chiu. We sing Romance del Marques de Mantua, part of a collection of songs referenced in Cervantes' Don Quixote, and in celebration of the long-standing connections between Spain and Scotland, we pay homage to Scotland's own bard Robert Burns in MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver. The legacy of Spain's Golden Age is reflected in the programme's more contemporary pieces which include Ginastera's raging and dramatic Lamentations of Jeremiah and Rosita de un verde palmar, a popular Cuban habanera. Guest percussionist Fiona McNeill joins the choir throughout, bringing the evening to a triumphant close with Jansson's To the Mothers in Brazil: Salva Regina. St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Palmerston Place
Edinburgh
EH12 5AW
Scotland

Saturday 11th March 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Tomas Luis de Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Mateo Flecha – Riu, riu, chiu
Mateo Flecha – La Rosa enflorese
Mateo Flecha – Jançu Janto
Mateo Flecha – Tres Morillas
Mateo Flecha – Dindirindin
Miguel Querol – Romance del Marques de Mantua
James MacMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Alberto Ginastera – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Antón García Abril – Ave Maria
Lars Jansson – To the Mothers in Brazil: Salve Regina

Performers

Alison McNeill – guest conductor
Fiona McNeill – Percussion

Edinburgh Singers

Programme Note

The Edinburgh Singers present a celebration of music from the Spanish Golden Age, a period of flourishing culture that produced some of Spain's best music. The programme commences with Victoria's glorious O Magnum Mysterium and is followed by rousing works collected by Mateo Flecha the Elder, such as the lively Riu Riu Chiu. We sing Romance del Marques de Mantua, part of a collection of songs referenced in Cervantes' Don Quixote, and in celebration of the long-standing connections between Spain and Scotland, we pay homage to Scotland's own bard Robert Burns in MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver. The legacy of Spain's Golden Age is reflected in the programme's more contemporary pieces which include Ginastera's raging and dramatic Lamentations of Jeremiah and Rosita de un verde palmar, a popular Cuban habanera. Guest percussionist Fiona McNeill joins the choir throughout, bringing the evening to a triumphant close with Jansson's To the Mothers in Brazil: Salva Regina.

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