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Byrd / Bruckner

Add to my Calendar 06-06-2019 19:30 06-06-2019 21:30 36 Byrd / Bruckner 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 Temple Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

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

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