The Voice of my Beloved – Songs of love
Music on the theme of love, exploring texts from within and without the “Song of Songs”. We begin with music from the 16th and 17th centuries including madrigals by Monteverdi. A focus on the 20th and 21st centuries follows, exploring settings by Grieg, Sibelius and Sandström.
Programme
Dilectus Meus Mihi – Francis Greer
Dirait-on – Morten Lauridsen
Ego flos campi – Jacobus Clemens
Ego flos campi – Alonso Lobo
La rose complete – Morten Lauridsen
Lay a Garlsand – Robert Lucas Pearsall
Let him kiss me – Sven-David Sandström
Luci serene e chiare – Claudio Monteverdi
Rakastava op. 14 – Jean Sibelius
Rise up, My Love – Healey Willan
Si, ch’io vorrei morire – Claudio Monteverdi
Sfogava con le stele – Claudio Monteverdi
To a Wild Rose – a vocalise – Edward MacDowell – arr. Oliver Tarney
Tickets on line through choir web site & from:- Taunton Visitor Centre, Market House, Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JD Tel: 01823-340470 Open Monday – Saturday 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
