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Thomas Tallis Society - Rosa Mystica
Music for the Virgin Mary from Benjamin Britten & Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Part of the Thomas Tallis Society 2024-2025
Add to my Calendar 28-09-2024 19:30 28-09-2024 21:30 36 Thomas Tallis Society - Rosa Mystica A colourful and contemplative programme directed by Olivia Shotton, featuring music for the Virgin Mary by Benjamin Britten (1913-1977) and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602- 1678). The programme includes Britten’s macaronic masterpiece ‘Hymn to the Virgin’ and rarely performed work ‘Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam’, seven settings of poems by Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. As well as Cozzolani’s lively ‘Vespro Della Beata Vergine' of 1650 - a seldom performed setting of the vespers which are now gaining the attention they deserve! Come and join us for an evening of discovery and transcendent music in the magnificent St Alfege Church. St Alfege Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Alfege Church
3 Greenwich Church Street
Greenwich
London
SE10 9BJ
England
Programme
Benjamin Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani – Vespro della Beata Vergine
Benjamin Britten – Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Performers
Olivia Shotton – Conductor
Thomas Tallis Society Choir
Other concerts in this Cycle
Programme Note
A colourful and contemplative programme directed by Olivia Shotton, featuring music for the Virgin Mary by Benjamin Britten (1913-1977) and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602- 1678).
The programme includes Britten’s macaronic masterpiece ‘Hymn to the Virgin’ and rarely performed work ‘Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam’, seven settings of poems by Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. As well as Cozzolani’s lively ‘Vespro Della Beata Vergine' of 1650 - a seldom performed setting of the vespers which are now gaining the attention they deserve!
Come and join us for an evening of discovery and transcendent music in the magnificent St Alfege Church.
