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King's Singers

King's Singers

2.30pm, Tewkesbury Abbey (Event No 4)

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King's Singers

 "A ROSE OF SUCH VIRTUE"

Henryk Gorecki Totus tuus 
Anon There is no rose of such virtue
Anon This day day dawes 
Ivan Moody Rosa  from 'Canti della Rosa'
Orlandus Lassus Regina coeli 
Josquin des Pres O virgo prudentissima 
William ByrdBeata viscera Maria virginis 
Ivan Moody Su Piantu 'e Maria  from 'Canti della Rosa'
John McCabe Lily-white rose
Arvo Part Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Geoffrey Poole Mary Modyr
Ivan Moody Non piangere per me from 'Canti della Rosa'
Patricia van Ness My heart is a holy place 

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Gilbert and Sullivan selection of songs
A group of English folksongs

Described by The Times as a group that has "stayed in character over four decades, yet retuned itself to the times" and by Gramophone as "enchanting the ear from first to last note" The King's Singers are truly remarkable. They continue to be one of the most sought-after and critically acclaimed vocal ensembles in the world, performing a rich and varied repertoire from Gesualdo to György Ligeti and Michael Bublé.

Interspersed throughout the programme are movements from a piece commissioned by The King's Singers and written for them by Ivan Moody, which received its world premiere on Nov 20th 2009.

"I had already bugun thinking about setting Dante's lines describing the Virgin Mary as a rose (from Il Paradiso), and to suit the particular structural requirements for this new work, I sought out Italian popular devotional texts. One is a Piedmontese Christmas carol, the other a Sardinian Lament of the Virgin at the foot of the Cross. To compliment these, and to provide a compressed re-telling of the History of Salvation, I added as the fourth movement part of the Canon for Holy Saturday as sung in the Byzantine rite, in which Christ addresses his mother, and anticipates the Resurrection. Finally I return to Dante's mystical vision of the Virgin as the 'rose in which the divine Word was made flesh' in a more elaborate version" - Ivan Moody

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