Details
Temple Church
Temple
City of London
London
EC4Y 7BB
England
Programme
William Byrd – Mass for 4 Voices
Anton Bruckner – Ave Maria, WAB 6
Anton Bruckner – Christus factus est, WAB 11
William Byrd – Ne irascaris / Civitas sancti tui
Anton Bruckner – Virga Jesse, WAB 52
Anton Bruckner – Locus iste, WAB 23
Anton Bruckner – Os justi, WAB 30
William Byrd – Laudibus in Sanctis
Performers
Stephen Layton – Conductor
Holst Singers
Programme Note
Bruckner’s motets stand as monuments of sacred choral music: expressive, peaceful and yearning; quite possibly because, unlike so many other composers of sacred music, he was devotedly religious. Byrd lived in a different era, when his Catholic devotion had to be hidden, and yet his Mass is none the less powerful and passionate. Both will be given exquisitely beautiful performances in the magical atmosphere of the Temple Church by one of Britain’s foremost choirs.
About Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers: “The choir is not large, but the sound they make is immense, with each chord given a resonant afterglow by the soaring spaces of the Temple Church. The immensity isn’t just a matter of power, it’s to do with total focus and precision.” The Telegraph