Details
Temple Methodist Church
Upper High Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3PY
England
Programme
Patrick Gowers – Veni, sancte spiritus
William Byrd – Factus est repente
James MacMillan – Factus est repente
Edward Elgar – The Apostles, Op.49: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
Jake Runestad – Alleluia
Randall Thompson – Alleluia, motet (1940)
Ruth Watson Henderson – Come, Holy Spirit
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Louis Vierne – Messe Solennelle, Op.16
Performers
Tomos Watkins – Music Director
Stephen Moore – organ
Collegium Singers
Programme Note
Collegium Singers present a concert of exultant sacred music dedicated to the Holy Spirit, culminating in Vierne's Messe Solennelle. Music of the Spirit begins with Patrick Gower's joyful Veni Sancte Spiritus before the darkness of Byrd and MacMillan's settings of Factus Est Repente. Two epic cornerstones, Elgar's The Spirit of the Lord and Tallis's Loquebantur Variis Linguis are contrasted with three settings from North America by Runestad, Thompson, and Canada's much-beloved Ruth Watson Henderson.
This is an evening of musical treasures not to be missed.