The Marian Consort warming-up © Robert Piwko 2023
The Marian Consort warming-up © Robert Piwko 2023
(Fri 1 Dec 2023 8.00pm Little Missenden Church)
Caroline Halls, Alexandra Kidgell soprano Sarah Anne Champion mezzo-soprano Rory McCleery countertenor (director) William Wright tenor Jon Stainsby bass Nicholas Morris organ
Programme Notes (also available free at concert). There will be no interval.
Orlando Gibbons Behold, I bring you glad tidings
William Byrd This day Christ was born
Christopher Tye While shepherds watched (audience carol)
Anon Sweet was the song
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
Gibbons See, see the word is incarnate
Byrd Lullaby
Martin Peerson Upon my lap my Sovereign sits
Byrd An Earthly Tree / Cast off all doubtful care
John Bull Een kindeken ist ons geboren
John Amner O ye little flock; Lo, how from heaven
Thomas Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gibbons The Angels' Song
Bull The Star Anthem;
This seasonal programme features early English composers at their most unbuttoned and celebratory, with music written for the famously festive Stuart court. Alongside these are more intimate, introspective sacred works from a golden age of English composers – Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes and Bull – that in some cases belie their creators’ often colourful personal lives.
Led by their Artistic Director Rory McCleery, the Marian Consort is a flexible, intimate ensemble, displaying clarity of texture and subtlety of interpretation that illuminate the music for performer and audience alike. They feature regularly on BBC Radio 3, and have released 14 highly praised recordings. They’ve performed at the Festival several times, most recently last year when we heard their marvellous programme of recusant music. They are firm favourites.
“The performances are models of discretion and musical taste, every texture clear, every phrase beautifully shaped” The Guardian
Online booking is managed by TicketSource. This event may be booked from the Tickets link on this page but, when booking for multiple events, it may be more convenient to use our Little Missenden Festival page on TicketSource.
Fri 1 Dec 2023 8.00pm
Little Missenden Church
£28, £20, £11
Online booking is managed by TicketSource. This event may be booked from the Tickets link on this page but, when booking for multiple events, it may be more convenient to use our Little Missenden Festival page on TicketSource.