Choral at Cadogan 2010/11

EIGHT CONCERTS SERIES 12 OCTOBER 2010-10 MAY 2011

Artistic Director Pet er

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Ph i l l i ps

T u e s d ay 8 F e b r u a r y, 7. 3 0 p m E s to n i a n P h i l h a r m o n i c Chamber Choir

T u e s d ay 1 5 M a r c h , 7. 3 0 p m The Hilliard Ensemble A Hilliard Songbook

Psalms

Programme

Conductor Daniel Reuss Programme Mendelssohn Three Psalms Sibelius Rakastava (The Lover) Pärt Magnificat Kreek Psalms of David K r e e k Estonian religious folk songs Pärt Ode VI- Kondakion- Ikos, Ode IX, Prayer after Kanon from ‘Kanon pokajanen’

Works by Arvo Pärt, one of the most-loved living composers of our time, are central in the choir’s programme alongside classical and contemporary highlights including romantic colours in Mendelssohn’s Psalm settings, Nordic influences in the beautiful cycle of love songs Rakastava by Sibelius and works by the famed Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek.

The EPCC has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the ‘Best Choral Performance’ category.

T u e s d ay 1 0 M ay, 7. 3 0 p m T h e Ta l l i s S c h o l a r s L a m e n tat i o n Director Peter Phillips

Hellawell The Hilliard Songbook Fayrfax Most clere of colour Anon Madame d’amours Cornysh Ah Robin Anon Remember me my dear Arcadelt Il bianco e dolci cigno Verdelot Divini occhi de Rore O sonno Bryars Selections from the First Book of Madrigals Moody Arkhangelos Sheryngham Ah! Gentle Jesu Pärt And one of the Pharisees T rad. A rme ni an arr. Komitas Vardapet Sharakans Pärt Most Holy Mother of God de Machaut Gloria from Messe de Notre Dame

A Hilliard Songbook presents some of the ensemble’s favourite pieces, old and new, sacred and secular. Ranging from the Gloria of Machaut’s famous Messe de Notre Dame, via traditional Armenian Sharakans, through to Arvo Pärt’s recently composed Most Holy Mother of God.

Programme Victoria Dum complerentur Palestrina Dum complerentur, Peccantem me quotidie Victoria Lamentations for Holy Thursday, Lamentations for Holy Saturday Palestrina Tribulationes civitatum, Tu es Petrus Victoria Vidi speciosam In celebration of renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria in the 400th anniversary of his death, this programme pairs Victoria’s famous Lamentations and the Pentecost motet Dum complerentur with Palestrina’s motet of the same title along with his Tribulationes civitatum and Tu es Petrus.

The Tallis Scholars recording of the Victoria Lamentations has been nominated for a Grammy Award.