CHORAL WORKSHOPS 2015
BYRD MASS FOR FOUR VOICES
|
Byrd's four-voice 'forbidden' mass unfolds in the most captivating way, with a single 'head motif' flowing through the polyphony. Join us for an intimate approach to this music.
Saturday, 10th January 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
BRAHMS DEUTSCHE MOTETTEN
|
Brahms Drei Motetten Op. 110
i. Ich aber bin elend ii. Ach, arme Welt, du trügest mich iii. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein Brahms Zwei Motetten Op. 29 i. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her ii. Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz Brahms unaccompanied choral music unites ancient and 'modern' in its use of Bachian chorales and fugues, polyphonic passages influenced by composers such as Schütz, and an unmistakably Romantic palette of harmony. Saturday, 7th February 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
VICTORIA LAMENTATIONS
|
Victoria Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Lassus Justorum Animae The texts of the Lamentations of Jeremiah are some of the most highly charged words ever set to music. Join us to explore Victoria's unparalleled setting for Holy Saturday. Saturday, 14th March 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes music break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
KODÁLY MISSA BREVIS
|
A rare opportunity to sing this wonderful mass for choir and organ by Zoltan Kodály. Although this mass is influenced by Hungarian folksongs and dances, it was actually premièred in 1948 at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester.
Saturday, 25th April 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
SONG of SONGS
|
Clemens non Papa Ego Flos Campi
Brumel Sicut Lilium Lassus Veni, Dilecte Mi L'Heritier Nigra Sum Guerrero Ego Flos Campi A collection of love poems from the scriptures set to the most attractive polyphony by composers of the sixteenth century. Saturday, 6th June 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
THIS SHINING NIGHT
|
Celebrating the best of American choral music
Barber Sure On This Shining Night Barber Under The Willow Tree Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Whitacre Sleep Whitacre The Seal Lullaby Saturday, 11th July 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
A NEW HEAVEN
|
Mendelssohn Ave Maria
Ireland Greater Love Hath No Man Stanford O For A Closer Walk With God Bainton And I Saw A New Heaven Parry I Was Glad A chance to explore more of the glorious cathedral repertoire for choir and organ, most of which was composed for the vast acoustics of our national cathedrals and college chapels. Saturday, 26th September 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
SING WE AT PLEASURE
|
Wilbye Draw On, Sweet Night
Ramsey Sleep, Fleshly Birth Weelkes Sing We At Pleasure Bennet Weep, O Mine Eyes Farnaby Carters, Now Cast Down An opportunity to enjoy the more in-depth English Renaissance madrigal repertoire. Saturday, 17th October 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes music break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
BRITTEN A CEREMONY OF CAROLS
|
A workshop for upper voices and harp
Back by popular demand, this is one of the most iconic upper voice choral works of the twentieth century. We will be singing it with a professional harpist in a glorious setting by the Thames. Saturday, 5th December 2015 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
|
