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Programme:

The choir begins its 50th anniversary celebration with works by Guererro, Victoria and others from the Siglo de Oro, or the Spanish Golden Age, which gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance.  Read about the composers and the works.

At the time when the choir was founded, its repertoire included works from this period, as its founder Ray Calcraft was a lecturer in Spanish language and literature.

Our birthday commission, Songs of Hope, will have its premiere. The other principal work will be Victoria’s Officium Defunctorum.

We’ll conclude with a musical knees-up: the secular sounds from 16th-century street scenes, along with folk and drinking songs, will feature strongly.

The concert will also feature the distinguished guitarist, Zoe Barnett, with whom we have collaborated several times. She will offer a palate cleanser to the rich choral polyphony.

Conductor – Peter Gambie
With Zoë Barnett – guitar. Meet Zoë.

Podcast: listen to our interview with Shine Radio.

Schofield – Songs of Hope – World Premiere
1. Hope is like a fire
2. Bird with a broken wing
3. Our song is where it starts
4. Sweet fellow, barefoot stranger
5. The nest I spent my life making
6. Who made the begging bowls
7. No-one is a grain of sand
8. Our Song is where it starts (2)
9. Hope is like a fire

Morales – Manus tuae Domine
Guererro – Ave Virgo sanctissima
Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Lotti – Crucifixus
Casals – O Vos Omnes

Victoria – Officium Defunctorum
2. Introit
3. Kyrie
6. Sanctus/Benendictus
8. Communio

Spanish secular works from the Renaissance era:
E la don don Verges Maria
Riu Riu Chiu
La Tricotea

Ticket Price:

Full price tickets £15 until and including Saturday 21 March, then £17.
Children/students: £2.
Also available from One Tree Books and on the door.

Image in visual: Three Musicians (Velázquez)