Choral at Cadogan 2013/14

EIGHT CONCERT SERIES 15 OCTOBER 2013 – 14 MAY 2014

Gaude Gloriosa

Gaude Gloriosa Once again, Choral at Cadogan is proud to be presenting a glorious series of concerts by some of the best names in choral singing. New to the British choral scene are Vox Luminis, an outstanding group from Belgium whose recording of Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien has received several prestigious awards, notably the Gramophone ‘Recording of the Year (2012)’. If you are looking for a new group to follow, this concert is not to be missed.

We are also delighted that John Rutter’s Cambridge Singers join us for a rare live performance of some of Rutter’s favourite works, which promises to be a real treat.

We have two programmes dedicated to British choral traditions this season – Stile Antico celebrates the remarkable legacy of the Tudor Church Music edition, first published in 1922 by the Carnegie UK Trust, with masterpieces by Taverner, Tallis, Gibbons and White along with Byrd’s exquisite five-part Mass, while The Sixteen juxtapose the old with the new by showcasing Tallis’ Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter alongside music by MacMillan, Tippett and Britten. The Tallis Scholars offer two widely contrasting programmes: the first, a collection of Peter Phillips’ favourite works in celebration of his 60th birthday in a concert given on the day itself, and the second, a thought-provoking and beautiful collection of works designed to remember the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The BBC Singers team up with members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits to perform a recently rediscovered Passion written by C.P.E. Bach. And to celebrate Christmas this year, we are joined by Temple Church Choir singing A Ceremony of Carols along with other Christmas treats to get you in the mood for the festive season.

We look forward to welcoming you to what will be a special year.

Peter Phillips, Artistic Director

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15 October – The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips’ 60th Birthday Collection 19 November – Stile Antico The Phoenix Rising

December – Temple Church Choir 9 Christmas with Temple

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12 February – Vox Luminis Stabat Mater

14 March – Cambridge Singers An Evening with John Rutter

10 April – The Sixteen An Immortal Legacy

1 6 April – BBC Singers St John Passion

14 May – The Tallis Scholars War and Peace

‘…their revelation of vocal colour was ravishing’ Th e G u a rdi an

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The Tall is Scho la rs P e t e r P h illips’ 6 0 t h Birthday Collection Tuesday 15 October, 7.30pm Taverner Magnificat a 6 White Domine quis habitabit III White Christe qui lux III and IV Byrd Magnificat from Great Service Sheppard Verbum caro factum est Sheppard Lord’s Prayer Tallis Te Deum ‘for meanes’ Tallis Gaude gloriosa Peter Phillips director Opening the 2013/14 season on his actual birthday, Peter Phillips is delighted to be hosting a programme of his favourite works, culled from 40 years at the helm of The Tallis Scholars. Peter introduces and explains his choice from the stage, but the crowning glory is surely Tallis’ Gaude gloriosa, a work of famed length and complexity, a colossal architectural construction. By the final pages, which peak on the highest note in the entire Tudor repertoire, listeners (and singers) feel as if they have just completed the journey of a lifetime. The preceding remainder of the programme builds up to this masterpiece at the highest level.

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‘…the singing is staggeringly beautiful’ Th e Su n d ay Ti m es

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Stile Antico

Th e P hoenix Rising Tuesday 19 November, 7.30pm The Car ne gie UK Tru st an d th e rev i v a l o f Tudor churc h music Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen Tallis Salvator Mundi Byrd Mass for five voices – Kyrie & Gloria Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris Gibbons O clap your hands Byrd Mass for five voices – Credo White Portio mea White Christe qui lux IV Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God Byrd Mass for five voices – Sanctus Tallis In ieiunio et fletu Weelkes Gloria in excelsis deo Byrd Mass for five voices – Agnus Dei Taverner O splendor gloriae The current popularity of English Renaissance choral music owes much to the groundbreaking work of the Carnegie UK Trust, which celebrates its centenary in 2013. In 1922, the Trust inaugurated the Tudor Church Music edition – a series of hugely influential volumes, unearthing a wealth of extraordinary music that had languished unperformed for centuries.

Stile Antico celebrates this remarkable legacy with a programme drawn entirely from these publications, including masterpieces by Taverner, Tallis, Gibbons and White. Crowning the programme is the exquisite five-part Mass by William Byrd, whose modern reputation as the greatest composer of the English Renaissance was founded on these pioneering editions.

This concert is kindly sponsored by the Carnegie UK Trust

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‘The Temple Church Choir is a formidable force, finely honed and blended’ Th e Da i l y Te l e gra p h

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Te mple Church Ch o ir C h r i s t m as with Temple Monday 9 December, 7.30pm Robinson Make we joy now in this fest Byrd Vigilate Gibbons This is the record of John Anon Nowel syng we bothe al and som Parsons Ave Maria Bruckner Ave Maria Elgar Ave Maria Pär t Bogoroditse Oyevo Trad. arr. Ledger Up, awake and away!

Rutti I wonder as I wander Gardner Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Britten A Ceremony of Carols Bach In dulci jubilo Trad. arr. Ledger Sussex Carol Trad. arr. Ledger Stille nacht Trad. arr. Ledger I saw three ships Roger Sayer director Greg Morris organ Sally Pr yce harp The Temple Church Choir of 12 choir men and 18 boy-choristers shot to prominence with the commission and premiere of John Tavener’s all-night musical vigil The Veil of the Temple. The choir’s home is the historic and beautiful Temple Church in London, 800 years ago the regal chapel to the Knights Templar. The centrepiece of this festive programme is Britten’s delightful A Ceremony of Carols. Alongside this masterpiece, the Temple Church Choir sings a programme ranging from beautiful settings of Ave Maria by Elgar and Bruckner, and Byrd’s exhilarating Vigilate, to contemporary arrangements of traditional carols.

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‘their singing produces music-making of intimate, aching beauty’ Gra mo p h o n e

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Vox Lum ini s S t a b a t Mater

Wednesday 12 February, 7.30pm Anon XII Centur y Lamentation de la vierge au croix Lotti Cruxifixus a 8 Monteverdi Adoramus te Christe Scarlatti Salve Regina Ciaia Lamentation Virginis in disposition Filii de cruce Scarlatti Stabat Mater Lionel Meunier director Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis has been praised for its seamless blend of high quality individual voices, exquisite tuning and clarity of sound. Critics have also commented on the ensemble’s enthusiasm for sharing their passion for early music with their audience.

Lionel Meunier has themed tonight’s programme around the Stabat Mater (Hymn to Mary) and combines seldom heard works with arguably the most famous setting of all by Scarlatti. Next to Lotti’s celebrated Cruxifixus for 8 voices, the audience has the opportunity to discover two rarely performed Lamentations. The first originates from the 8th century, and is performed in old French. The second by little known composer Allessandro della Ciaia from Sienna, the Lamentation Virginis in depositione Filii de Cruce, written in 1666.

In this piece, Mary’s lament is interrupted by a chorus of Angels singing stanzas from the Stabat Mater poem, perfectly bridging the first half with the centrepiece of the programme – Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater. In this final piece the emotionally charged text finds one of its finest musical settings, expressed through a combination of extreme harmony and poetically tender passages.

This promises to be an evening of Italian Baroque music at its finest.

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‘Light, joyous, and beautifully performed, this is choral easy-listening of the highest standard’ BBC Mu s i c Ma ga z ine

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C am b ridge Si ng ers

A n E v ening with John Rutter Friday 14 March, 7.30pm John Rutter director In tonight’s rare live appearance the choir presents a programme of choral music old and new, sacred and secular, including John Rutter favourites.

Formed in 1981 by their director John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers were brought together for the express purpose of making recordings. The nucleus of the group was originally provided by former members of the chapel choir of Clare College, Cambridge (where John Rutter was Director of Music from 1975—79), supplemented by former members of other collegiate choirs.

Today the choir is one of a number of freelance professional choirs on the London circuit, but unique in that its primary activity is still recording. Former members of the choir include such luminaries as Mark Padmore and Gerald Finley.

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‘Christophers has planned and prepared it all with his usual care and attention; it was all immaculately performed by the group’s 18 members, their diction crystal-clear, their intonation faultless’ Th e G u a rdi an

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The S i xteen

A n I m mortal Legacy Thursday 10 April, 7.30pm Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter (1­—4) Tallis Salvator mundi Morley April is in my mistress’ face Gibbons The silver swan Byrd This sweet and merry month of May MacMillan Sedebit Dominum Rex Sheppard In manus tuas III Tippett Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Tallis O nata lux Tallis O sacrum convivium Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis MacMillan Mitte manum tuam Byrd Laudibus in sanctis Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter (5—8) Harr y Christophers conductor The Sixteen explore the great British choral tradition with a programme focusing on arguably its two most creative periods: glorious Renaissance polyphony in Tallis’ 1567 Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter (which includes a tune used by Vaughan Williams in his Tallis Fantasia) and motets by Byrd, Morley and Gibbons, juxtaposed with 20th-century works – the vivid pageantry of Britten’s Choral Dances from his opera Gloriana, Tippett’s arrangements of African-American spirituals, which function as chorales in his oratorio A Child of our Time, and two of James MacMillan’s Strathclyde Motets.

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‘Karabits and his orchestra go from strength to strength… a direct, unsentimental performance, eliciting beautiful string-playing’ Th e G u a rdi an

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BBC Singers S t J o h n Passion

Wednesday 16 April, 7.30pm C.P.E. Bach Sinfonia No.2 in B flat, H. 658 C.P.E. Bach Morgengesang am Schöpfungsfeste, H. 779 Telemann Machet die Tore weit Telemann Missa super Christ lag in Todesbanden C.P.E. Bach St John Passion (1784) Kirill Karabits director Robin Tritschler Evangelist Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel – one of J.S. Bach’s 20 children – was one of the foremost composers of the 18th century, though now he is almost completely overshadowed by the reputation of his father.

A composer in all sorts of genres, both sacred and secular, his setting of the St John Passion, long thought lost, was re-discovered a few years ago in a Ukrainian library. In the year marking the 300th anniversary of C.P.E. Bach’s birth, tonight’s conductor Kirill Karabits performs his own new edition of this missing work, giving audiences an unmissable opportunity to hear a piece probably not heard since its first performance in 1784.

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‘‘Phillips has the uncanny ability to select just the right voices to fashion a perfect, vibrato-less single instrument’ Th e G u a rdi an

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The Tall is Scho la rs Wa r a n d Peace

Wednesday 14 May, 7.30pm A progr amme commemoratin g all th o s e wh o l o s t t heir lives in the First World Wa r 1 9 1 4 Monody L’homme armé Josquin Kyrie from the Missa L’homme armé Guerrero Gloria from the Missa de la batalla escoutez Ar vo Pär t The Woman with the Alabaster Box Mouton Quis dabit oculis Lobo Versa est Guerrero Credo from the Missa de la batalla escoutez Victoria Requiem aeternam (from the Missa pro defunctis) Guerrero Sanctus from the Missa L’homme armé Sir John Tavener Song for Athene Palestrina Agnus dei from the Missa Papae Marcelli Victoria Libera me from the Missa pro defunctis Peter Phillips director In this thought-provoking programme, designed to remember the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, a complete Mass provides the framework, put together from war-like sources. These come either from the tradition of the Armed Man (L’homme armé), or are based on a chanson actually describing a battle (La batalla).

The peaceful element of the programme is provided partly by two movements from Victoria’s peerless 6-voice Requiem Mass and partly by some deeply moving funeral motets: Tavener’s work was sung at the funeral of Princess Diana; Mouton’s at the funeral of Anne of Brittany; and Lobo’s at the funeral of Philip II of Spain.

In Pärt’s beautiful The Woman with the Alabaster Box, Christ refers to his own burial.

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Choral At Cadogan 2013-14 Booking information Ti c kets

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Food & drink Oakley Bar and Café Food Choose from a mouth-watering display of small plate dishes, salads, sandwiches, desserts and cakes. Indulge yourself in a glass of wine specially chosen to complement your meal.

Open 90 minutes before performances and during intervals.

For your added convenience, why not pre-order your interval food and drinks at the bar before the performance and have them ready and waiting for you?

B a r s Cadogan Hall’s bars offer a large selection of champagne, wines, spirits, beer, soft drinks and tea and coffee.

Gallery Bar Customers sitting in the gallery can obtain pre-concert and interval drinks from the Gallery Bar at some concerts.

Local dining Côte Brasserie 7-12 Sloane Square, SW1W 8EG sloanesquare@cote-restaurants.co.uk 020 7881 5999 2 courses £11.70 or 3 courses £13.65 Perfect for a pre or post-concert meal… ‘Robust French flavours, cheery continental vibes and brilliant value for money’ (Good Food Guide 2011) Colbert 50-52 Sloane Square, SW1W 8AX 020 7730 2804, info@colbertchelsea.com, www.colbertchelsea.com Inspired by the great boulevard cafés of Paris, Colbert serves a classic Parisian café menu all day until late, perfect for before or after Cadogan Hall events.

The Botanist Sloane Square, SW1W 8EE 020 7730 0077 Pre-concert offer: two courses for £20/ 3 courses £25 (Order between 5.30-6.15pm) Great Taste at The Cadogan Hotel 21 Pont Street, London SW1X 9SG 020 7201 6619 The Rib Room Bar & Restaurant Jumeirah Carlton Tower, Cadogan Place, SW1X 9PY 020 7858 7250 This iconic restaurant celebrated its 50th anniversary with a make-over in late 2011. With an extensive choice of wine and cocktails, and delicious British cuisine, it’s the perfect destination for a pre-show drink or a bite to eat post-show.

Getting to Cadogan Hall The easiest way to travel to Cadogan Hall is by public transport.

Located two minutes walk from Sloane Square tube, served by District and Circle lines, just one stop from Victoria station which has both mainline and additional tube connections.

S l oan e Sq u a re U n d e rgrou n d Two minutes walk Upon exiting Sloane Square Station, turn immediately right, passing the Royal Court Theatre. (You will see Cadogan Hall’s tower immediately before you). Cross over Cliveden Place and walk up Sedding Street to the Hall.

Bu s Sloane Street one minute walk Frequent bus services stop in Sloane Square and neighbouring streets including King’s Road, Sloane Street and Lower Sloane Street. Bus services include numbers 11, 19, 22, 137, 211, 319, 360 and c1.

Pa r k in g A limited number of bays are available on Sloane Terrace, Wilbraham Place and Sedding Street after 6.30pm.

Special Offer from NCP Car Park, Cadogan Place 6 hours parking for £10 Cadogan Hall audience members may obtain a discounted ticket for the car park when they purchase a concert ticket. Car park tickets are held at the Box office, please drop in to collect one or ask for one to be posted to you when you are booking your concert ticket.

Tax i Ran k Sloane Square one minute walk Taxis are numerous in the area and there is a taxi rank located on Sloane Square opposite the Underground Station.

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