Yorkshire Bach Choir
Conductor - Peter Seymour
Concert Series 1998/99
St Michael-le-Belfrey, York
Saturday 24th October 1998 at 8:00 p.m.
£8.50 (£6.50)
1648 - The End of the Thirty Years' War
Music by Schütz and his contemporaries
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
The Treaty of Westphalia, signed on this day 350 years ago, brought
the devastation of the Thirty Years' War to an end. Composers celebrated
peace in Europe with a flurry of music, both triumphal and reflective.
28 November 1998 at 8.00 pm
£8.50 (£6.50)
Music for St Cecilia
Music by Henry Purcell, John Blow and Daniel Purcell
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
Celebrations for the Feast Day of the patron saint of music were lavish
in 17th and 18th century England and composers responded with some of their
best work in her honour. The programme includes Henry Purcell's Welcome
to all the pleasures and his Te Deum and Jubilate as
well as odes by Daniel Purcell and Blow specially edited for this concert.
6th February 1999 at 8:00 p.m.
£7.50 (£5.50)
Musical Pilgrimage
Tallis - Lamentations
Music for Rome by Carissimi, Charpentier and Victoria
Spiritual and real pilgrimage are brought together in this concert, with
Tallis's superb setting of the Lamentations contrasting with works
by composers who worked in Rome and saw it as their spiritual home.
13th March 1999 at 7:30 p.m.
£10.00 (£7.50)
J.S. Bach - St John Passion
Evangelist: Joseph Cornwell
Christus: David Thomas
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
Written in 1724, the St John Passion is one of five passion settings
by Bach, of which only this and the St Matthew survive. Its dramatic
narrative and pleading arias make it a powerful and moving work. This performance
is paired with his St Matthew Passion to be performed by University of
York Chamber Choir on wednesday 10th March.
22nd May 1999 at 8:00 p.m.
£7.50 (£5.50)
Poulenc and Sweelinck
Poulenc - Mass in G
Sweelinck - Motets from Cantiones Sacrae
Poulenc and Sweelinck are widely contrasting composers, united in their
moving response to sacred texts. This unusual coupling will offer a new
light on the work of two composers whose choral music is sadly neglected.
19th June 1999 at 8:00 p.m.
£8.50 (£6.50)
Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610
This performance will be given in Monteverdi's most intimate version, with
the rich vocal textures accompanied solely by continuo instruments, revealing
still more clearly the astonishing invention of his solo and choral writing.
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