Choral at Cadogan 2016-17

Choral at Cadogan

2016-2017

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Now moving into its ninth season, I’m happy to say that this series is as strong as ever, presenting some of the leading names in choral singing today, welcoming both familiar and new faces to Cadogan Hall.

St John’s College Choir makes a welcome return in December with an uplifting festive programme guaranteed to draw you in to the spirit of the season followed later in the month by The Sixteen with their Christmas programme.

We welcome Ensemble Plus Ultra for its Cadogan Hall debut. Renowned for their zesty, innovative performances, they perform a selection of songs alongside Shakespeare sonnets in a celebration of love.

We are thrilled that the Nederlands Kamerkoor is able to join us this year in a rare trip to the UK, so don’t miss this opportunity to hear them in a wonderful programme exploring the relationship between the heavenly and the human with Britten’s strikingly beautiful Sacred and Profane as its cornerstone. Ex Cathedra also focuses on heaven and earth with music of religious conflict and discovery, including Byrd’s exquisite Mass for four voices.

As always, The Tallis Scholars open and close the series with two contrasting programmes. The first a celebration of English polyphony including Tallis’ famous Lamentations. The second explores the beauty and complexity of the early Spanish renaissance featuring a 6-voice mass setting by Morales.

I look forward to welcoming you once again to our special series of choral music.

Peter Phillips, Artistic Director

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10 15February Ensemble Plus Ultra

12 8March Nederlands Kamerkoor

14 26April Ex Cathedra

16 17May The Tallis Scholars

Contents2016

2017

4 19October The Tallis Scholars

6 12December The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

8 20&21December The Sixteen

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Wednesday 19 October, 7.30pm

The Tallis ScholarsWestern Wynde, when wyll thou blow?

Byrd Laetentur caeli

Taverner Missa Western Wind

Davy Salve regina

Byrd Salve regina

Tallis Lamentations 1

Ferrabosco Lamentations

Byrd Vigilate

Peter Phillips director

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This all-English programme of Renaissance masterpieces is a kind of Byrd sandwich. It features some very famous music by Tallis and Taverner, while showcasing a tour-de-force from the Eton Choirbook by Richard Davy alongside a beautiful set of Lamentations by the adopted English composer (and possible spy) Alfonso Ferrabosco. Taverner’s Missa Western Wind is really a set of (36) variations on a theme which is so catchy one never tires of singing it. The whole set is a tribute to Taverner’s astonishing powers of invention and rare in that there was no precedent in his time for basing a sacred composition on a secular theme.

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Monday 12 December, 7.30pm

St John’s College, CambridgeMonday 12 December, 7.30pm

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

Harvey The Annunciation

Parsons Ave Maria

Harvey The Angels

Poston Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree

Rütti I wonder as I wander

Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol

Milner Out of your sleep

Rutter Dormi Jesu

Gardner Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Vaughan Williams Hymn to the Father of Heaven

Preston I saw three ships

Joubert There is no rose

Mathias Sir Christèmas

Cornelius The Three Kings

Walford-Davies The Holly and the Ivy

Wilberg Ding dong, merrily on high

Andrew Nethsingha director

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The world-renowned Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge returns to Cadogan Hall for an evening of choral music.

The Choir at St John’s College was founded in the 1670s and is one of the world’s leading choirs of men and boys. The concert presents music for Christmas including Poston’s spellbinding Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree, John Gardner’s exuberant setting of Tomorrow shall be my dancing day and traditional favourites The Holly and the Ivy and Ding dong, merrily on high. All of these works have been recorded by the Choir on its new CD Christmas with St John’s.

There is also music by Vaughan Williams and by the contemporary composer Jonathan Harvey, including The Annunciation which was written especially for the Choir in 2011.



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Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 December, 7.30pm

The SixteenThe Three Kings

Traditional I wonder as I wander

Jacob Handl Omnes de Saba

JH Hopkins Jnr Three Kings of Orient

Peter Fricker A Babe is born

C16th MS Thys endere nyghth I saw a syghth

Herbert Howells Long, long ago

Palestrina Reges Tharsis

Traditional Wexford Carol

Palestrina Videntes stellam Magi

Traditional Children’s Song of the Nativity

Sheppard Reges Tharsis

Plainsong Hymn: Crudelis Herodes

Lassus Omnes de Saba

Traditional The First Nowell

Warlock Bethlehem Down

Cornelius Three Kings

Lassus Videntes stellam Magi

James Bassi Quem pastores laudavere

Plainsong Magnificat Antiphon: Tribus miraculis

Anerio Magnificat a 8

Harry Christophers conductor

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The Sixteen, under the direction of Harry Christophers, presents a varied and diverse Christmas programme taking us as far as Bohemia as well as closer to home, in Ireland and England. The programme includes well-loved traditional carols and early music, including Palestrina and Lassus, and lesser-known modern pieces such as 21st-century composer James Bassi’s Quem pastores laudavere.

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Wednesday 15 February, 7.30pm

Ensemble Plus UltraThe Food of Love – Song of Songs

Victoria Nigra sum

Palestrina Trahe me post te

Victoria Trahe me post te

Chant Tota pulchra es

Palestrina Osculetur me

Victoria Nigra sum: Vadam et circuibo

Chant Nigra sum sed formosa

Palestrina Nigra sum sed formosa

Lassus Veni dilecti

Chant Dum esset rex

Victoria Vidi speciosam

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Just one day after Valentine’s Day, the award-winning Ensemble Plus Ultra makes its Cadogan Hall debut with a selection of ‘Song of Songs’ settings, alongside readings of Shakespeare sonnets in a celebration of love. With music by composers including Tomás Luis de Victoria, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Orlande de Lassus, this programme showcases some of the most beautiful and erotic of scriptural texts (the Song of Songs being essentially a love poem), set in a variety of styles. Ensemble Plus Ultra, founded in 2001, are specialists in the music of Renaissance Spain, and their 10-disc recording of music by Tomás Luis Victoria won the 2012 Gramophone Award for Early Music. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear them in a rare London appearance!



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Wednesday 8 March, 7.30pm

Nederlands KamerkoorSacred and Profane

Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia

Jackson Ave Regina Coelorum

Berio Cries of London

Lars Johan Werle Orpheus

Lars Johan Werle Canzona 126 di Francesco Petrarca

Britten Sacred and Profane

Peter Dijkstra conductor

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Chief conductor Peter Dijkstra has compiled a masterly programme with a timeless theme: the wandering soul, drifting between heaven and earth. Do we listen to God’s command, or do we give in to earthly temptations? Benjamin Britten must have struggled with this question. It can be heard in one of his most beautiful choral works, Sacred and Profane, written to medieval texts. The lure of the temporary sounds comical but heartbreaking in Berio’s Cries of London, about street vendors in the 16th century. The works of Lars Johan Werle complete the programme. A ‘classic’ choral

programme with a timeless touch.



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26 April, 7. 0pm

Ex CathedraIn a Strange Land

Orchésographie de Thoinot Arbeau Belle qui tiens ma vie

Genevan Psalter Estans assis aux rives aquatiques

Sweelinck Estans assis aux rives aquatiques

Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie, Gloria

Weelkes Thule, the Period of Cosmography; The Andalusian Merchant

Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Credo

Tomkins When David Heard

Tallis Why fum’th in fight

Tallis If ye love me

Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Sanctus

Byrd Ave verum corpus

Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei

Gibbons O clap your hands together

Ritual, Lima (1631) Hanac pachap cussicuinin

Victoria Super flumina Babylonis a 8

Padilla Missa Ego flos campi: Kyrie, Gloria

14th century Spanish Polorum regina

Fernandes Xicochi conetzintle

Symbolico Catholico Indiano (1598) Capac eterno Dios

Padilla Missa Ego flos campi: Credo

Pascual ¡Oy es día de placer y de cantar!

Padilla Missa Ego flos campi: Sanctus

Lobo Versa est in luctum

Padilla Missa Ego flos campi: Agnus Dei

Hernández Sancta Maria, e!

Zéspedes Convidando esta la noche

Anon Dulce, Jesús mío

Jeffrey Skidmore conductor

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“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”

This well-known verse from Psalm 137, a hymn of captivity and longing for homeland and religious freedom, gives this programme its title and its theme. In a Strange Land explores man’s search for heaven and earth in the Old and the New World in the turbulence of the 16th and 17th centuries. There is music of religious conflict and of discovery from England, France, Holland, Spain –

and from Mexico and Bolivia, the world of the Aztecs and Incas.

The programme includes William Byrd’s exquisite Mass for Four Voices alongside gems by Gesualdo, Lobo, Tallis and Victoria, the lilting syncopation of Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla’s Missa Ego flos campi, and rhythmically-arresting music from the Latin American Baroque, full of evocative, indigenous imagery.



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Wednesday 17 May, 7.30pm

The Tallis ScholarsA Spanish Renaissance

Morales Missa Mille regretz

Victoria Dum complerentur

Victoria Regina caeli

Morales Regina caeli

Alonso Lobo Lamentations

Morales Emendemus in melius

Victoria Magnificat primi toni

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This all-Spanish programme focuses on three of the greatest names from the renaissance period. The main work is a substantial 6-voice mass setting by Morales, based on a chanson by Josquin. Music of this beauty and complexity from the early Spanish Renaissance is not so often performed, and may come as an eye-opener to those more familiar with High Renaissance practice. The second half similarly contains some resplendent 6-voice music – again rare in some cases, and again fascinating. Alonso Lobo’s epic Lamentations are a case in point. The concert ends with Victoria’s irrepressible double-choir Magnificat.



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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.

SloaneSquareUndergroundTwo 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.

BusSloane 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.

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

ParkingA limited number of bays are available on Sloane Terrace, Wilbraham Place and Sedding Street after 6.30pm.

Special OfferfromNCPCarPark,CadoganPlaceNCP Cadogan Place are offering 50% discount when customers park for 3 hours or more. 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.

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Tickets for The Sixteen £45, £36, £28, £20, £16ENCORE Members 10% off

Tickets for al l other concerts in the series: £31, £27, £23, £19 ENCORE Members pay £27 for top price tickets

ENCORE Members receive priority booking, reduced booking fees, a dedicated telephone line, discounts on selected shows and drinks at the bar, invitations to special events. To join ENCORE, please call the Box Office on 020 7730 4500.

Series discounts*Series discounts are available on top and second price tickets for all concerts in the series. To qualify for the discount the same number of tickets must be bought for each event.

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Group bookingsBook 10 or more tickets and save 10% Book 20—29 tickets and save 20% Book 30 or more tickets and save 30% School groups: group discount plus free tickets for teachers

Online booking: w w w.cadoganhall .com/choralOur system allows you to check the exact location and view from your seat before you book. Series discounts are available online. Booking fee £3

Telephone booking: 02077304500Monday —Saturday: 10am—6pm Sunday: 3pm —8pm (concert days only) Booking fee £3

In personThe Box Office, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ Monday–Saturday: 10am–6pm Sunday: 12pm–6pm (concert days only) No booking fee

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