New Lamps For Old by Candlelight
6 December 2014 at 7.30pm
Christmas has inspired composers for more than five hundred years. The legacy of English and continental composers from the Renaissance is rich and varied. In recent years a ‘Second English Renaissance’ has seen contemporary composers taking inspiration from plainchant, secular carols and polyphonic masterworks of the sixteenth century. A new tradition of Renaissance-inspired music flourishes in the hands of contemporary English composers. In this programme Chapelle du Roi explores the links between works by Thomas Tallis, John Sheppard, Tomás Luis de Victoria and contemporary English composers including Cecilia McDowall, Samuel Bordoli, Robert Hugill, David Braid, Norman Harper and Jonathan Darbourne. The result is a balance of sumptuous textures and harmonies and contrasting approaches to the great Christmas texts. Four of the works are commissioned by Chapelle du Roi for this programme and are World Premieres.
Tickets: £25.00 / £20.00 / £15.00 / £10.00 |
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