Details

Christ Church
35 Darley Avenue
West Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2ZD
England

Saturday 24th November 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Roderick Williams – Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined
Herbert Howells – Six Pieces for Organ: Master Tallis's Testament
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
William Byrd – Quis est Homo?
~ Interval ~
Roderick Williams – Let Nothing Trouble You
Herbert Howells – Psalm Prelude Set 1 No 1 (1915): Psalm 34 (Verse 6) 'Lo, the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him'
Herbert Howells – A Hymn For St. Cecilia
Herbert Howells – Requiem

Performers

Stephen Hargreaves – organ
Keith Orrell – Conductor

William Byrd Singers

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Programme Note

What better way to start our season than with two pieces by the great William Byrd? We follow this with an extraordinary setting by Tallis in the early Tudor style.

Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus is re-imagined by Roderick Williams, giving it an intriguing modern slant; and his Let Nothing Trouble You is soothing and romantic.

We devote much of our programme to Howells, with his uplifting Hymn for St. Cecilia; poignant Requiem; and masterful organ pieces from Stephen Hargreaves.

Please join the William Byrd Singers, conducted by Keith Orrell in our Heavenly Imaginations on Saturday 24th November at 7.30 at Christ Church, West Didsbury, M20 2ZD.

Tickets at £12 (concessions £10, students £5) are available online, in advance from choir members, or at the door.