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Allegri Miserere by candlelight
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2017 Autumn Series
Add to my Calendar 14-09-2017 21:30 14-09-2017 23:30 36 Allegri Miserere by candlelight The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes back the fantastic Minerva Consort and its conductor John Andrews for this candlelit late-night concert, the first of their two appearances in the 2017 Autumn Series. Allegri’s haunting Miserere, complete with stratospheric solo, is at the heart of this programme, which includes other gems of the Renaissance a cappella repertoire by Palestrina, Victoria, Gesualdo and Tallis. To finish a contrast from four centuries later: Duruflé's Quatre motets. This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval. A combined ticket offer is available for this concert and the earlier concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for more details. For more information please click here. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Programme
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Stabat Mater (arr. Richard Wagner)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Super Flumina Babylonis
Tomas Luis de Victoria – O quam gloriosum est regnum
Carlo Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Carlo Gesualdo – Ave, dulcissima Maria
Maurice Duruflé – Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op.10
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
Performers
John Andrews – Conductor
Minerva Consort
Other concerts in this Series
Programme Note
The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes back the fantastic Minerva Consort and its conductor John Andrews for this candlelit late-night concert, the first of their two appearances in the 2017 Autumn Series. Allegri’s haunting Miserere, complete with stratospheric solo, is at the heart of this programme, which includes other gems of the Renaissance a cappella repertoire by Palestrina, Victoria, Gesualdo and Tallis. To finish a contrast from four centuries later: Duruflé's Quatre motets.
This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval.
A combined ticket offer is available for this concert and the earlier concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for more details.
For more information please click here.
