Concerts for Craswall - The Hexad Singers: “My Love She Mourneth: From Despair to Joy” at St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch Escley on Saturday 23rd March 2019

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Concerts for Craswall - The Hexad Singers

“My Love She Mourneth: From Despair to Joy”

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 17:00 23-03-2019 19:00 36 Concerts for Craswall - The Hexad Singers A programme showcasing gems from the English Renaissance for men’s voices contrasted with 20th and 21st century works.  This includes compositions by four living composers and the premiere of a work written specially for the occasion. ‘The Bells a Winter Night’, has been written by Anna Semple, who is studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music.  Beyond this piece, the expansive and richly textured motets of William Byrd form the backbone of the programme which traces a typically Lenten theme: darkness to light, despair to joy. The Hexad Singers comprise six young male singers.  As individual members they are much in demand with major professional groups, having performed with renowned choirs such as The Sixteen, Tenebrae, and Ex Cathedra, as well as vocal consorts such as The Gesualdo Six. St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch Escley DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Michael's Church
Michaelchurch Escley
Michaelchurch Escley
Herefordshire
HR2 0JS
England

Saturday 23rd March 2019
5:00 PM

Programme

Piers Kennedy – O Nata Lux
Jean Mouton – Salva Nos
Charles Villiers Stanford – 3 Motets: Beati quorum via
Francis Poulenc – Seigneur, je vous en prie, FP 142 no.3
Claude Debussy – Quant j’ai ouy le tambourin
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Jonathan Seers – Look down O Lord
Matthew Martin – Circumdederunt Me
William Byrd – Aspice Domine
William Cornysh – My Love She Mourneth
William Byrd – Vigilate

Performers

Hexad Singers

Programme Note

A programme showcasing gems from the English Renaissance for men’s voices contrasted with 20th and 21st century works. This includes compositions by four living composers and the premiere of a work written specially for the occasion. ‘The Bells a Winter Night’, has been written by Anna Semple, who is studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music.

Beyond this piece, the expansive and richly textured motets of William Byrd form the backbone of the programme which traces a typically Lenten theme: darkness to light, despair to joy.

The Hexad Singers comprise six young male singers. As individual members they are much in demand with major professional groups, having performed with renowned choirs such as The Sixteen, Tenebrae, and Ex Cathedra, as well as vocal consorts such as The Gesualdo Six.

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