Friday, March 27, 2009

Spem in Alium....




On Saturday the 6th June in St Mary & St Giles, Stony Stratford, at 7:30pm Thomas Tallis' wonderful "Spem in Alium" will be performed. Eight choirs of 5 voices will surround you with sublime choral music.




The Programme

Choirs: I Was Glad, Parry
Organ Solo: James Wharton, Toccata & Fugue D Minor, BWV 538, J.S. Bach
Quorum: Lord, give thy Holy Spirit; Loquebantur variss linguis, Tallis
The Deadwood Quartet: Recorder trio with 'cello continuo play music by Susato and anonymous
Choirs: Spem in alium, Tallis

Interval

Choirs: With a Voice of Singing, Shaw
Vivant: The Obvious Mat, Jan Lucas; Canon, Tallis
Parish Singers: choral item, When to the temple Mary went, Eccard
Organ Solo: Andrew Storer, Praeludium in D Minor, BuxWV 140 Buxtehude.
Choirs: Zadok the priest, Handel
Encore: Spem in alium, Tallis

Many thanks to James, Quorum, The Deadwood Quartet, Vivant, Parish Singers and Andrew for agreeing to perform the solo items and of course to the spem singers.

Tickets
Entry to the concert is by programme. Programmes will be available on the day of the concert (from 6.30pm at the door). However, you can now buy Vouchers for your family and friends and when they arrive they can exchange their Voucher for a full programme at no extra cost. Vouchers are priced £10, (concessions £8, accompanied under 16s £1).

Vouchers will be on sale at all rehearsals. Vouchers can also be purchased by visiting smsg-organ-appeal.co.uk/spem.htm where there is a contact form. You can also buy Vouchers at Odells - the ironmonger's shop, 60 High Street, Stony Stratford, (8.30 to 5.30 Mon to Sat) - opposite the Church.

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