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Masters of Polyphony

Sacred settings from the sixteenth and twentieth centuries

Part of the Epsom Chamber Choir 50th Year Season 2018-2019

Add to my Calendar 27-10-2018 19:30 27-10-2018 21:30 36 Masters of Polyphony Epsom Chamber Choir launches its 50th season with an evening of choral masterworks separated by a span of 400 years, exploring the sublime richness of ‘polyphony’.  Although more than four centuries have passed, the sublime richness of sound created in the 16th century by ‘polyphony’, the glorious intertwining of vocal lines, is unsurpassed. Palestrina, Lassus, Gesualdo and Guerrero are four masters of this style, and their music will be resonating around the choir’s home venue, the beautiful church of St Martin of Tours, which is Epsom’s largest historical building. As with many creative geniuses, the personal lives of these four composers were a little less glorious than their music, with kidnap, financial ruin and even murder being in the mix. Perhaps, though, it’s best to let the music speak for itself.  St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Martin of Tours Church
Church Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 4PX
England

Programme

Orlande de Lassus – Missa Paschalis (Quinque vocum)
Carlo Gesualdo – Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: VIII, Aestimatus Sum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Tu es Petrus (á 6)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Olivier Messiaen – O sacrum convivium
Igor Stravinsky – Ave Maria

Performers

Mark Biggins – Conductor

Epsom Chamber Choir

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Programme Note

Epsom Chamber Choir launches its 50th season with an evening of choral masterworks separated by a span of 400 years, exploring the sublime richness of ‘polyphony’. 

Although more than four centuries have passed, the sublime richness of sound created in the 16th century by ‘polyphony’, the glorious intertwining of vocal lines, is unsurpassed. Palestrina, Lassus, Gesualdo and Guerrero are four masters of this style, and their music will be resonating around the choir’s home venue, the beautiful church of St Martin of Tours, which is Epsom’s largest historical building.

As with many creative geniuses, the personal lives of these four composers were a little less glorious than their music, with kidnap, financial ruin and even murder being in the mix. Perhaps, though, it’s best to let the music speak for itself. 

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