VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A SEA SYMPHONY
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Choral excerpts from A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Vaughan Williams' first and longest symphony, A Sea Symphony was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1910, with the composer conducting. Vaughan Williams was only 30 when he began sketching this rather mature work, which vividly depicts the image of brave sailors exploring the vast oceans. Saturday 18th November 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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BACH CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
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Highlights from J. S. Bach's great Weihnachts-Oratorium, BVW 248.
First performed in 1734 and 1735, this magnificent work then languished unperformed until 1857. It is one of three oratorios for major feast days composed towards the end of Bach's life, and, like his Mass in B Minor, it incorporates music from some of his earlier secular cantatas. Saturday 16th December 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
PALESTRINA'S ANGELS
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A workshop for Upper Voices
We open our 2017 series of workshops with some gorgeous Renaissance polyphony set for soprano and alto voices. Palestrina Magnificat Quarti Toni Palestrina Adoramus te, Christe Handl Pueri Concinite Victoria Duo Seraphim Monteverdi Angelus ad pastores Saturday 28th January 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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RHEINBERGER MASS IN E FLAT
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Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, who was born in Liechtenstein but spent most of his life in Germany, showed exceptional musical talent at an early age. In this workshop we explore his rich and dense polyphony in the elaborate, eight-part Mass in E Flat. We will be singing in small group for this one; a wonderful opportunity for those singers who would like a challenge.
Saturday 25th February 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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RUTTER REQUIEM
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Requiem, composed by the British composer John Rutter, is a musical setting of parts of the Latin Requiem with added psalms in English, completed in 1985. The combination of texts and greatly varying musical styles throughout makes for a truly moving work.
Saturday 25th March 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS
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One of Handel's most vibrant and vocally challenging works, Dixit Dominus was completed in April 1707 while he was living in Italy. It is Handel's earliest surviving autograph and was first performed in the Church of Santa Maria in Montesanto.
Saturday 29th April 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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WITHIN THE CLOISTERS
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A vast amount of music has been written for our cathedrals and collegiate chapels. We explore three wonderful settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Howells, Dyson and Stanford.
Howells Collegium Regale Dyson in D Stanford in C Saturday 20th May 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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BRUCKNER MOTETS
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Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. His compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies.
Bruckner Os Justi a8 Bruckner Ave Maria a8 Bruckner Virga Jesse Bruckner Vexilla Regis Bruckner Locus Iste Saturday 17th June 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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PURCELL FUNERAL SENTENCES
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Purcell's dark and sombre Funeral Sentences were first performed at the funeral of Queen Mary II of England in March 1695. His setting of Thou knowest, Lord was performed at his own funeral in November of the same year.
Purcell Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Purcell Hear my prayer Purcell Lord, how long wilt thou be angry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences Saturday 15th July 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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VIERNE MESSE SOLENNELLE
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Born in Poitiers in 1870, Louis Vierne showed an exceptional interest in music from a very early age. At age two he heard the piano for the first time: a pianist played him a Schubert lullaby and he promptly began to pick out the notes of the lullaby on the piano. Here we immerse ourselves in the amazing soundworld of his Messe Solennelle.
Saturday 23rd September 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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DE PROFUNDIS
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A great deal of music has been written for tenors and basses over the centuries, not least in the Renaissance period. The dark and sombre soundworld created by the combination of low voices has been of great interest to composers of sacred music. The polyphonic style, with its roots in Gregorian chant, is extremely well suited to this choral timbre, and provides us with an exciting approach to the 'male voice choir' concept.
Tallis If Ye Love Me Victoria Aestimatus Sum Palestrina Ascendens Christus Croce Cantate Domino Palestrina Panis Angelicus Victoria O Sacrum Convivium Philips Surgens Jesus Saturday 14th October 2017, 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am) Cost: £50 (includes music and break time refreshments) St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road, London SW11 3NA |
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