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The Secrets of Heaven
The Orlando Consort
Date
Thu 25 Apr 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • The Orlando Consort

    Programme

    • Anon
        • Alleluya Christo iubilemus
          :
        • 13th century
        • O sponsa Dei electa
          :
        • 14th century
        • Kyrie, Cuthberte prece
          :
        • 14th century
    • Anon
        • Second Fountains Abbey Manuscript
          :
        • Credo

    Interval

    • Anon
        • Trent Codices
          :
        • Stella celi
    • Anon
        • Egerton Manuscript
          :
        • Audivi vocem
        • Ritson Manuscript
          :
        • Gaude virgo

    Encore

    • Guillaume Dufay
      c.1400-1474
        • Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae ('O tres piteulx')

    Overview

    The Orlando Consort’s selectionof 14th- and 15th-century sacredmusic from England’s first greatage features works by JohnDunstaple, Leonel Power and JohnPlummer, the forebears of Taverner,Sheppard and Byrd. Everything ishere: beauty, spirituality, invention,complexity and virtuosity.

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