Special Choral Concert
The singers taking part in the performance of the Tallis Motet (eight choirs each of 5 parts) and of the Gabrieli Magnificat (three choirs each of 4 parts) are drawn from the listed Edinburgh choirs, which will also perform severally under their respective conductors the other works in this programme.
Venue:
Combined Edinburgh Choirs
Dennis Townhill - conductor:
St Giles' Singers
Herrick Bunney - conductor
St Columba's Singers
Ronald Johnson - conductor
Sine Nomine Singers
Alfred Sefton - conductor
Royal High School
William Bowie - conductor
St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Arthur Oldham - conductor
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Dennis Townhill - conductor
I. The combined choirs
Motet in 40 parts: "Spem in alium" ... Thomas Tallis
II. Choir of St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
(a) Deus Misereatur Nostri ... Robert Johnson
(b) Remember, O thou man ... Arthur Oldham
III. The Sine Nomine Singers
(a) Hostis Herodes Impie ... Guillaume Dufay
(b) Nesciens mater virgo ... Byttering
(c) Salvator mundi ... John Blow
IV. Choir of the Royal High School
(a) Magnificat from The Short Service ... Thomas Morley
(b) Hear, O Heavens ... Pelham Humfrey
V. The combined choirs
Magnificat for three choirs ... Andrea Gabrieli
INTERVAL
VI. Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
(a) Ave Verum Corpus ... William Byrd
(b) O clap your hands together ... Orlando Gibbons
VII. The St Columba's Singers
(a) O Quam Suavis Est ... Alonso Lobo
(b) Easter sentences (1962) ... David Johnson
VIII. The St Giles' Singers
(a) Festival Te Deum ... Benjamin Britten
(b) Sing we merrily ... Frederick Rimmer
IX. The combined choirs
Spem in alium nunquam habui ... Thomas Tallis
Composer(s):
- Tallis, Thomas, c.1505-1585
- Johnson, Robert, c.1500-1560
- Oldham, Arthur, 1926-2003
- Dufay, Guillaume, 1397-1474
- Byttering, active 1410
- Blow, John, c.1649-1708
- Morley, Thomas, 1557-1602
- Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674
- Gabrieli, Andrea, c.1532-1585
- Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623
- Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625
- Lobo, Alonso, 1555-1617
- Johnson, David, 1942-2009
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
- Rimmer, Frederick, 1914-1998
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