Sion Deserta Est - Clare Church
Thu, 17 Aug
|Clare Church
SION DESERTA EST - MUSIC OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS
Time & Location
17 Aug 2023, 18:30
Clare Church, High St, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8NY, UK
About the event
Donations will be accepted on the door, or can be made in advance on this page.
Regina coeli Plainchant
Regina coeli Robert White
‘Gloria’ from Missa Salve Intermata Thomas Tallis
Salve Regina Plainchant
Ave Maria Robert Parsons
Lamentation a5 Robert White
Tristitia et anxietas Clemens non Papa
Tristitia et anxietas William Byrd
Assumpta est maria William Byrd
Alleluia, Assumpta est Maria Plainchant
Ego Flos campi Clemens non Papa
Ne irascaris, Domine-Civitas sancti tui William Byrd
In this programme of sixteenth-century polyphony, the up-and-coming Luceat Choir (‘Luceat translates as shine, which is just what this choir does’, Organist’s Review 2021 5*), surveys the profound and sublime output of the English Reformation Catholic composers. This survey is most aptly consolidated in the music of William Byrd, in the year of his 400th anniversary. His music perfectly articulates the turbulence of the period, whilst simultaneously demonstrating a remarkable technical balance of nostalgia and forward looking. The programme takes in the opportunity to explore his more cosmopolitan connections, notably with  Clemens non Papa.
There can be no finer venues to encounter this sublime repertoire than the stunning architecture of Suffolk’s mighty wool churches, themselves possessing many remarkable survivors of Reformation iconoclasm. We look forward to welcoming you.
Performers
LUCEAT CHOIR
Conductor  James Fellows
Organist  Daniel Mathieson
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