Bach, Ben Rowarth, Harvey, Hildegard of Bingen and Palestrina

Siglo de Oro; Amy Tress _violin_; Joe Bates _electronics

Date: Thu 03 Jul 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets: £40 £36 £32 £26 £18
Duration: This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Important Information

Slight Change of Programme
Please note that the programme for the above concert has changed slightly and will now be as below.

Artists

Siglo de Oro
- Patrick Alliesdirector
- Ailsa Campbellsoprano
- Fiona Frasersoprano
- Rachel Haworthsoprano
- Elspeth Mairwen Piggott soprano
- Katherine Nicholsonalto
- Rebekah Nießer-Jonesalto
- Paul Bentley-Angelltenor
- Chris Fitzgerald-Lombardtenor
- Oscar Golden-Leetenor
- James Goodingbass
- David Le Prevostbass
- Chris Webbbass
Amy Tressviolin
Joe Bateselectronics

Programme

Hildegard of Bingen
1098-1179
- - O spectabiles viri

Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
- - Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001
    :
  - I. Adagio

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
c.1525-1594
- - Lamentations for Maundy Thursday (set III)

Jonathan Harvey
1939-2012
- - Stabat Mater

Interval

Ben Rowarth
b. 1992
- - The Fall
    (world première)

Overview

Siglo de Oro, while raised on and sustained by an expansive diet of early sacred music, is also a dedicated champion of contemporary choral repertoire. This programme for choir, violin and electronics (with Joe Bates running the electronics) spans nine centuries of music history, stretching from the mystical stillness of Abbess Hildegard’s 12th-century antiphon O spectabiles viri to the first performance of Ben Rowarth’s The Fall for voices, electronics and violin.

Ben Rowarth's new oratorio sets the dramatic story of the Trojan War, as told in a brand new libretto by writer and film-director Sophia Carr Gomm. The music pushes the boundaries of contemporary choral writing, mixing on-stage choir and solo violin with off-stage electronics: pre-recorded strings, vocals, and natural sounds that weave together to bring this famous Greek myth to life in vivid musical colour.

benrowarth.com
sophiacarrgomm.com