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William Byrd Singers and Capriccio
Christopher Allsop organ
Stephen Wilkinson conductor
Byrd
Purcell
S. S. Wesley
Finzi
R. R. Bennett
Ireland
Walton
A real banquet of English sacred music and fine string works from Byrd’s time to our own. We welcome a gifted young organist from Worcester Cathedral as our guest.
Tickets £9.00 (£8.00 concessions, £4.00 students) at the door or from choir members.
William Byrd Singers and Capriccio
Esther Swift harp
Stephen Wilkinson conductor
Byrd
Corelli
Bach Choral Preludes:
Harp solos
Poulenc
Finzi
Admission by programme at the door. Wine and mince pies from 7.30
William Byrd Singers and Capriccio
Craig Ogden guitar
Stephen Wilkinson conductor
Schütz
Guitar solos
Vivaldi
Pizzetti
Turina
Guitar solos
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
An expression of the Latin spirit, the first part Italian, the second Spanish; solos in each from our distinguished guest, who also joins with both singers and strings.
Tickets: £11.00 (£10.00 concessions, £5.00 students) from the RNCM Box Office
The William Byrd Singers
The Martindale String Quartet
Stephen Wilkinson conductor
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross by Haydn, interleaved with Responsoria in Parasceve (The Responsories for Good Friday) by Gesualdo
‘The note of pathos and tragedy which rings from virtually every line of these scriptures had never before been caught with such a vision’. (Glenn Watkins on The Responsoria).
‘Every movement is simply expressed in such a way that even the most uninitiated listener will be moved to the depths of his soul’. (Haydn on his Seven Last Words).
Tickets £9.00 (£8.00 concessions, £4.00 students) at the door or from choir members.