Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
For our winter concerts in 2012, Cantores present major sacred choral works by Bach, Palestrina, Mendelssohn and Eric Whitacre where the composer is responding to dramatic events from the Psalms and The Testaments.
We sing of Mary at the foot of the cross, of the Egyptian army engulfed by the Red Sea, of the Jewish people at war with their neighbours, of King David grieving for his son killed in battle, or the human soul contemplating its end on Earth.
We will perform this concert twice, first in the magnificent acoustic and surroundings of Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday November 24, and again two weeks later on December 1 at St John the Baptist’s in Cirencester as the Capital of the Cotswolds gets into the Christmas spirit.
Many different styles but one aim: to intensify the drama and, in so doing, draw the listener into an inspiring and dazzling sound-world.
As ever, to book tickets online, click the relevant date on the Eventbrite Calendar on the right of any page of this website. Tickets will also be available in the weeks before the concerts from Cirencester and local Tourist Information Offices, and from the Cornerstone Bookshop in Cirencester.
Programme
Palestrina – Stabat Mater
JS Bach – Komm Jesu, Komm
JS Bach – Jesu meine Freude
Felix Mendelssohn - Warum toben die Heiden
Samuel Sebastian Wesley – in exitu Israel
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Eric Whitacre - Alleluia Amen