Collegium Singers Concert -The Voice of my Beloved – Songs of love

Collegium Singers

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