The Song of Songs
Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
Jenny van Heerden, soprano
Alison Price, alto
Peter Morley, tenor
Saturday 29 September 2007, 19:30
St Michael and All Angels [ map ]
Poplar Walk, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1UA
A concert exploring how composers have treated the erotic and sensual Song of Solomon through the centuries.
Programme details
| Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) | Ego dormio |
| Vulnerasti cor meum | |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) | Vidi speciosam |
| Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) | Nigra sum (tenor) |
| Pulchra es (soprano and alto) | |
| William Byrd (1539 - 1623) | The Galliarde for the Victorie (organ) |
| Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) | Pavanna Lord Salisbury (organ) |
| William Billings (1746 - 1800) | I am the Rose of Sharon |
| Howard Skempton (1947 - ) | Rise up, my love |
| Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) | Canzona in D minor (BuxWV 168) (organ) |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) | Vadam et circuibo civitatem |
| Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) | Stehe auf meine Freundin |