Name: Requiem and Lamentations
Start: 2018-03-22T19:30:00Z
End: 2018-03-22T21:30:00Z
Location: Chuch Of Bartholomew the Less

Requiem and Lamentations

London Concord Singers is a chamber choir based in London that was established in 1966 by the conductor, Malcolm Cottle, and he remained the Musical Director for over 40 years until his death in December 2014. Since 2016 the choir's Musical Director has been Jessica Norton. The choir's repertoire ranging widely from Renaissance to Contemporary, and concert programmes tend to concentrate on unaccompanied music and are known for their eclecticism.London Concord Singers have given a number of world, UK and London premieres of works by composers such as John Rutter, Andrzej Panufnik, Richard Rodney Bennett, John McCabe, Kenneth Leighton and Michael Ball, as well as pieces specially written for the choir.

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London Concord Singers forthcoming programme of sacred music combines two powerful, but lesser known, 20th century works with major works from an earlier period. Ildebrando Pizzetti's Requiem and Alberto Ginastera's Lamentations of Jeremiah will be performed alongside Gregorio Allegri's Miserere and a selection of Carlo Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responsories. Dating from 1922, the Requiem mass by the Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti, best known for his operatic treatment of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral, is steeped in the tradition of Gregorian chant, weaving traditional chants together with more 20th century harmonies. Written in 1946 by the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, Lamentations of Jeremiah is full of strong rhythms and striking harmonies. London Concord Singers will be performing Allegri's Miserere in the <A HREF="http://ancientgroove.co.uk/shop3/index.php?id_product=135&controller=product" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">performing edition</A> by <A HREF="http://ancientgroove.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ben Byram-Wigfield</A> which was originally created for The Sixteen. This starts with Allegri's original unadorned music, moves through the version preserved in the Vatican in the 19th century and ends with the popular version, complete with the top C. The programme is completed with a selection of Gesualdo's powerful Tenebrae Responsories

Chuch Of Bartholomew the Less

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