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Concert by Somerset Chamber Choir

A Musical Epiphany

Add to my Calendar 07-01-2017 19:00 07-01-2017 21:00 36 Concert by Somerset Chamber Choir Beautiful seasonal music performed by Candlelight  Our New Year concert will be held on the day following the Feast of the Epiphany  - that time of year which marks the visit of the Three Wise Men (or Magi, or Kings) to honour the baby Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem.Instead of gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, we shall present a fascinatingly rich and varied programme of seasonal music, stretching from the 16th & 17th centuries to the present day – with old favourites to be enjoyed and some exciting new and unfamiliar music to be discovered. Music from these shores forms the core of the programme, but music from France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway and Canada is also included, thereby making the evening a truly international celebration. One of our sopranos, Helen Lunt, will leave the ranks for one piece to perform with the choir on the ‘cello; and we are again joined by our regular virtuoso organist, Richard Pearce. There will be several opportunities for the audience to join in with the singing, too. For everyone present we hope that this event will truly prove to be A Musical Epiphany. Kings College Chapel, Taunton DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Kings College Chapel
South Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3LA
England

Programme

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Surge illuminare Jerusalem
Richard Rodney Bennett – That younge child
Robert Parsons – Ave Maria
Richard Rodney Bennett – There is no rose
Samuel Scheidt – Puer natus in Bethlehem
Ola Gjeilo – Serenity (O magnum mysterium)
William Byrd – Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
Richard Rodney Bennett – Sweet was the song
Hieronymus Praetorius – Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
William Mathias – Ave Rex
Herbert Howells – Here is the little door
Hieronymus Praetorius – In dulci jubilo
Richard Dering – Quem vidistis, pastores?
Richard Rodney Bennett – Susanni
Michael Praetorius – Quem pastores laudavere
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Francis Poulenc – Videntes stellam, FP 150 no.3
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Thomas Weelkes – Gloria in excelsis Deo
Will Todd – My Lord has Come

Performers

Graham Caldbeck – Conductor
Richard Pearce – organ
Helen Lunt – cello

Somerset Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Beautiful seasonal music performed by Candlelight 

Our New Year concert will be held on the day following the Feast of the Epiphany  - that time of year which marks the visit of the Three Wise Men (or Magi, or Kings) to honour the baby Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem.Instead of gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, we shall present a fascinatingly rich and varied programme of seasonal music, stretching from the 16th & 17th centuries to the present day – with old favourites to be enjoyed and some exciting new and unfamiliar music to be discovered.

Music from these shores forms the core of the programme, but music from France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway and Canada is also included, thereby making the evening a truly international celebration.

One of our sopranos, Helen Lunt, will leave the ranks for one piece to perform with the choir on the ‘cello; and we are again joined by our regular virtuoso organist, Richard Pearce.

There will be several opportunities for the audience to join in with the singing, too. For everyone present we hope that this event will truly prove to be A Musical Epiphany.

Choir in rehearsal Wells Cathedral July 2016

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