The
Phoenix Singers
Taunton chamber choir ‘The
Phoenix Singers’ under their music director, Andrew Maddocks, are
delighted to be coming to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin,
Cannington, as part of the Cannington Music series of concerts. The
concert, which takes place on Saturday 15th October commencing at
7.30pm, is entitled ‘Contrasts’
and will provide the audience with an exciting programme of very
diverse styles and periods of music.
The
first half of the concert focuses on sacred music spanning five
centuries from two beautifully crafted motets of Thomas Tallis (O
natus lux)
and William Byrd (Christe
qui lux es)
in the 16th
Century to the ethereal and more recent music of American composers,
Eric Whitacre and Randall Thompson, using multiple voice-part
settings of the single word, Alleluia.
The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, will also feature strongly in
this part of the programme including his setting of Psalm 96 (Cantate
Domino), and
Bogoroditsye
Dyevo (Ave
Maria).
To
follow this reflective part of the evening, the second half of the
concert will see the Choir perform music that celebrates the words of
Shakespeare in this the 400th
anniversary of his death. Musical settings of the bard’s words by
John Rutter (Birthday
Madrigals and
Fancies)
and an exquisite arrangement by Bob Chilcott of William Walton’s
‘Touch her
soft lips and part’, music
from his Henry
V film
score.
Tickets
for the event are priced £8 and are available in advance on-line at
www.thephoenixsingers.co.uk
or by phoning 01823 432704. They will also be on sale at the door.
