The Song of Songs
Saturday 29 September 2007, 19:30 - 21:30
St Michael and All Angels [ map ]
Poplar Walk
Croydon, Surrey CR0 1UA
Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
Jenny van Heerden, soprano
Alison Price, alto
Peter Morley, tenor
A concert exploring how composers have treated the erotic and sensual Song of Solomon through the centuries.
Programme
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
Ego dormio
Vulnerasti cor meum
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548 - 1611)
Vidi speciosam
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Nigra sum (tenor)
Pulchra es (soprano and alto)
William Byrd (c.1540 - 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 (c.1637 - c.1707)
Canzona in D minor (organ)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548 - 1611)
Vadam et circuibo civitatem
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
Stehe auf meine Freundin
