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Details
St Paul's Church
West Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 2RR
England
Programme
William Byrd – Mass for 5 Voices
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus a 8 voci
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 753
Johannes Brahms – Warum ist das Licht gegeben?, Op.74 no.1
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – Abendlied, Op.69 no.3
Maurice Duruflé – Quatre motets, Op.10: Ubi Caritas and Tu es petrus
Performers
Nicholas Houghton – Conductor
Brighton Singers
Programme Note
Before Easter, the Brighton Singers chamber choir, directed by Nicholas Houghton, will perform a concert of beautiful choral music. With the theme A Lenten Journey we take you on an exciting musical exploration through the centuries, featuring pieces by European composers from Byrd to Duruflé via Bach.
To commemorate this year’s 400th anniversary of the death of English composer William Bryrd (1540-1623) we sing his masterful Mass for Five voices. The Crucifixus in 8 parts is probably the most well-known work of Venetian composer Antonio Lotti (1667-1740). German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), probably wrote Jesu Meine Freude, his longest and most musically complex motet, in Leipzig. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was born in Hamburg and died in Vienna. His motet Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen was published in 1879. Abendlied is the best known sacred composition by Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), born in Liechtenstein, he lived most of his life in Bavaria. We complete our chronological journey with Quatre Motets by French composer Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986).
