Gloria in Excelsis Deo at King's School Macclesfield, Macclesfield on Saturday 16th December 2023

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Part of the Northern Chamber Orchestra - Macclesfield 2023-24 Season

Add to my Calendar 16-12-2023 19:30 16-12-2023 21:30 36 Gloria in Excelsis Deo A concert with Christmas themes. Vivaldi’s Gloria, his most significant sacred work, is matched only by The Four Seasons in its popularity. Whilst the opening words derive from the Latin Mass, they might be thought to bear a Christmas message: ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of goodwill’. The NCO is joined by the Kantos Chamber Choir, which records regularly for BBC Radio and performs with orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic and the RLPO. Two orchestral works and two pieces for choir alone precede the Gloria. Corelli’s Christmas Concerto is one of the most famous of Christmas Concerti Grossi, whilst Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets, played here by the NCO’s own principals, Tracey Redfern and Peter Mainwaring, sparkles with joyous fanfares. These concertos are interspersed with two contemporary choral masterpieces, Morten Lauridsen’s deeply moving O Magnum Mysterium (1994), based on a Gregorian chant for Christmas, and Dobrinka Tabakova’s Alma Redemptoris Mater (2014). Kantos is conducted by Ellie Slorach. Based in Manchester, she makes her debut this season with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North and Manchester Camerata. The orchestral pieces are directed from the violin by Ian Watson, who has acted as guest principal with many of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic, the RLPO and the London Mozart Players. King's School Macclesfield, Macclesfield DD/MM/YYYY

Details

King's School Macclesfield
Alderley Road
Prestbury
Macclesfield
SK10 4SP
England

Saturday 16th December 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major, RV 537
Dobrinka Tabakova – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso in G minor 'Christmas concerto', Op.6 no.8
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589

Performers

Tracey Redfern – trumpet
Peter Mainwaring – trumpet
Ian Watson – violin / director
Ellie Slorach – Conductor

Kantos Chamber Choir
Northern Chamber Orchestra

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Programme Note

A concert with Christmas themes. Vivaldi’s Gloria, his most significant sacred work, is matched only by The Four Seasons in its popularity. Whilst the opening words derive from the Latin Mass, they might be thought to bear a Christmas message: ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of goodwill’. The NCO is joined by the Kantos Chamber Choir, which records regularly for BBC Radio and performs with orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic and the RLPO.

Two orchestral works and two pieces for choir alone precede the Gloria. Corelli’s Christmas Concerto is one of the most famous of Christmas Concerti Grossi, whilst Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets, played here by the NCO’s own principals, Tracey Redfern and Peter Mainwaring, sparkles with joyous fanfares. These concertos are interspersed with two contemporary choral masterpieces, Morten Lauridsen’s deeply moving O Magnum Mysterium (1994), based on a Gregorian chant for Christmas, and Dobrinka Tabakova’s Alma Redemptoris Mater (2014).

Kantos is conducted by Ellie Slorach. Based in Manchester, she makes her debut this season with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North and Manchester Camerata. The orchestral pieces are directed from the violin by Ian Watson, who has acted as guest principal with many of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic, the RLPO and the London Mozart Players.

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