cherwellsingers-announce October 2011

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Cherwell Singers concert, 19th November 2011
by Announcements from the Cherwell Singers 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

In the University Church on Saturday November 19th at 7.30pm the Cherwell Singers present a programme of sacred Baroque music from England and France by the composers Henry Purcell and Jean Gilles. All of the music in this concert was performed at events of major royal importance, and so we begin with the two coronation anthems written by Purcell for James II in 1685, " I was glad" and "My heart is inditing". From the beginning of one reign we then move to the close of others with Purcell's Funeral music which incorporates music sung at the funeral of Queen Mary II in 1695. After the interval we move across the channel to France to hear the seldom performed "Messe des morts" of Gilles which has its own royal connections having been performed at the funerals of Louis XV and Stanislaw of Poland. Not only is the music in the concert linked by its royal connections - both composers featured were writing in the last deacdes of the seventeenth century, they were both boy choristers who went on to become Directors of Music at those institutions where they had sung and they both died prematurely in their late thirties. The Cherwell Singers will be joined by a small group of professional string players and soloists Esther Brazil (soprano) Benjamin Williamson (alto) Guy Cutting (tenor) and Alexander Learmonth (bass). We do hope you can attend. James Brown (Director) Ticket are £10 (£8) at the door. Map: <http://osm.org/go/eutDzuFl1--?m> For more information about the Cherwell Singers visit our new website <http://www.cherwellsingers.org/> or follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/CherwellSingers> -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)

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