Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director

VENI EMMANUEL: Music for Advent
 Harmonia Mundi USA CD release tour

Programme:

Plainsong: Veni, veni Emmanuel (4′)

Antiphon I: O Sapientia
 Robert Ramsey (c.1590-1644) O Sapientia
 Herbert Howells (1892-1983): The fear of the Lord

Antiphon II: O Adonai
 William Byrd (c. 1539-1623): Vigilate
 Roderick Williams (b. 1965): O Adonai et Dux domus Israel

Antiphon III: O Radix Jesse
 Stanley Vann (1910-2010): There is a flow’r sprung of a tree
 Elizabeth Poston (1905-87): Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
 Herbert Howells (1892-1983): A Spotless Rose

Antiphon IV: O Clavis David
 John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558): Audivi vocem de caelo
 Vytautas Miškinis (b. 1954): O Clavis David
 Traditional: Lo! he comes with clouds descending

- interval -

Antiphon V: O Oriens
 Benjamin Britten (1913-76): A Hymn to the Virgin
 Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): O Morgenstern
 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47): When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem

Antiphon VI: O Rex Gentium
 John Rutter (b. 1946): O Rex Gentium first concert performance
 Peter Warlock (1894-1930): Bethlehem Down
 Graham Ross (b. 1985): I sing of a maiden

Antiphon VII: O Emmanuel
 John Tavener (b. 1944): God is with us
 Herbert Howells: Magnificat from Gloucester Service

Traditional arr. Graham Ross: O come, O come, Emmanuel

Clare Parish Church
Clare
Suffolk

CO10 8NY
United Kingdom

Music for the Departed

VICTORIA Requiem and other works for All Saints and All Souls

VICTORIA Requiem

and other works for All Saints and All Souls

TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA's sublime six-part Requiem is sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge under their director Graham Ross, heard alongside other works for All Saints and All Souls in a performance at the Southend-on-Sea Festival.  

God is gone up - Spitalfields Festival 2014

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Graham Ross | director

Peter Harrison & Matthew Jorysz | organ

‘God is gone up’

Philips Ascendit Deus

Hassler Omnes gentes, plaudite

Finzi God is gone up

*Brett Dean New work (London premiere)

Martin ‘Credo’ from Mass for double choir

Vaughan Williams O clap your hands

Patrick Gowers Viri Galilaei

Stanford Caelos ascendit hodie

Gibbons O clap your hands together

*Nico Muhly Let all the world in every corner sing (London premiere)

*Graham Ross Ascendo ad patrem (world premiere)

*Giles Swayne God is gone up (London premiere)

Judith Weir Ascending into heaven

G Gabrieli Hodie completi sunt

Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis

Grieg Whitsun Hymn

Grayston Ives Listen sweet dove

Harvey Come, Holy Ghost

Elgar The Spirit of the Lord is upon me

Tallis If ye love me

Byrd Veni, Sancte Spiritus

*commissioned by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

The Christian season of the Ascension and Pentecost has been a wealth of inspiration to composers for centuries. The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge presents a collection of joyous music from mostly British composers across 500 years, from the lively counterpoint of Tallis and Gibbons to new works by Brett Dean, Nico Muhly, Graham Ross and Giles Swayne, Clare College’s Composer-In-Residence.

Supported by George Law

Christ Church, Spitalfields

Commercial Street, London, E1 6LY

£35-£5

Box Office

https://secure.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/choose-seats/?EventInstanceId=9449