Spem in alium - a Choral Celebration

event

Saturday 05 July 2014

Time: 19:30

Location: Merton College Chapel

A joint concert with the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, that featured music from the fifteenth century to the present day—including Tallis's famous motet Spem in Alium, which received a rare live performance in one of the country's most famous acoustics.

Programme

Duruflé Requiem (movements 1 & 2)
Tavener Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Bruckner Ave Maria
Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Dyevo
Finzi Magnificat

Interval

Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Taverner Dum transisset
Purcell I was glad
MacMillan A New Song
Tallis Spem in alium

This concert was given in aid of The Muze Trust for Music Education in Zambia.