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| A dream in music . . . Counterpoint Choir at Exeter University Chapel Thursday 26 January Sopranos: Susie Howells, Ann Draisey, Alto: Rachel Mitchell |
Fifteen exquisite renaissance songs from the 1612 memorial to James I's son, Henry, Prince of Wales .
With each run-through, the sound becomes even more complex and captivating.
When it's transferred to Buckfast Abbey, this concert will be a masterpiece!
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| A new alto voice Choral Scholar from Aukland, New Zealand Fraser MacDiarmid |
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| A familiar singer braves the elements to attend: Soprano Mary Carpenter (with Daisy Walford, Matthew Cann, Denise Kehoe & Andrew Henley) |
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| Exeter University Chapel: not quite Buckfast Abbey - but still a big sound David Acres directs the Counterpoint Choir as they rehearse 'In Memoriam' to Henry, Prince of Wales (d. 1612) |
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): 'Drop, drop slow tears'
Thomas Morley (1577-1602): Funeral Sentences I (very moving!)
William Byrd (1543-1623): 'Come to me grief for ever'
Thomas Ravenscroft (1582-1635): 'Remember, O thou man'
Thomas Morley: 'Nolo Mortem Peccatoris' (anthem for 4 voices)
Robert Ramsay (1590-1644: 'When David Heard that Absalom was Slain'
Orlando Gibbons: 'O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not'
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617): 'Versa est in lutum'
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623): 'Laboravi in gemitu meo'
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (1590-1644): 'Circumdederunt me dolores mortis'
Thomas Morley: Funeral Sentences II (even more moving!)
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623): 'When David heard'
William Byrd: 'Ave Verum Corpus'
William Byrd: 'Ne irascaris'
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656): 'Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom'
this is going to be great!
and - 'stop press':
Star of Phonic FM, soprano Mary O'Shea, will be joining the choir from today!!!
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