PROGRAMMES from PREVIOUS TOURS
Each year we devise a new programme of pieces we love to sing, bound together under a common theme. We have the wealth of magnificent music from all ages and nations to choose from and delight in sharing such treasures in the impressive churches and cathedrals for which they were written. Some choir members are talented instrumentalists meaning that we are able to extend our repertoire, when the occasion and the genre allows.
PROGRAMMA 2024
Un Festa di Musica Corale Inglese ed Europea
Mouton (c.1459 - 1522) ~ Corde et Animo
Sheppard (c.1515 - 1558) ~ The Lord's Prayer
Tallis (c.1505 - 1585) ~ Sancte Deus
Tallis ~ If Ye Love Me
Philips (c.1560 - 1628) ~ Ecce Vicit Leo
Lobo (c.1565 - 1646) ~ Versa est in Luctum
Byrd (c.1540 - 1623) ~ Laudibus in Sanctis
Cozzolani (1602 – 1678) ~ Deus in Adjutorium a Otto​
de Severac (1872 - 1921) ~ Tantum Ergo
Howells (1892 - 1983) ~ Salve Regina
Peeters (1903 - 1986) ~ Ave Verum Corpus
Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) ~ Shakespeare Songs
Clarke (1886 – 1979) ~ Ave Maria
Caroline Shaw (b.1982) ~ And the Swallow
Sally Beamish (b.1956) ~ In the Stillness
PROGRAMMA 2023
Una festa di musica corale dal rinascimento ad oggi
Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) ~ Cantate Domino
Byrd (c.1540 - 1623) ~ Praise our Lord, all ye gentiles Byrd ~ Ave verum corpus
Palestrina (c.1525 - 1594) ~ Assumpta est Maria à 5 Byrd ~ O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth
Weelkes (1576 - 1623) ~ O Lord grant the King
Aleotti (c.1570 – 1646) ~ Miserere mei, Deus
Aleotti ~ Surge, propera amica mea
Durufle (1902 - 1986) ~ Ubi caritas
Durufle ~ Tu es Petrus
Saint Saens (1835 - 1921) ~ Calme des Nuits
Saint Saens ~ Les fleurs et les arbres
Ireland (1879 - 1962) ~ The Hills
Biebl (1906 – 2001) ~ Ave Maria
Eleanor Daley (b.1955) ~ Upon your heart
Holst (1874 - 1934) ~ Nunc dimittis
PROGRAMMA 2022
Un intreccio musicale
Gabrieli (c.1557 - 1612) ~ Jubilate deo
Gibbons (1583 - 1625) ~ Drop, drop slow tears
Philips (c.1560 - 1628) ~ Ascendit Deus
Schutz (1585 - 1672) ~ Selig sind die toten
Tallis (c.1505 - 1585) ~ Loquebantur variius linguis
Handl (1550 - 1591) ~ Pater Noster
Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) ~ Beatus Vir
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Rheinberger (1839 - 1901) ~ Mass in Eb – Kyrie & Gloria Howard Skempton (b.1947) ~ Rise up, my love
Skempton ~ My beloved is gone down
Michael Zev Gordon (b.1963) ~ I carry your heart
Margaret Rizza (b.1929) ~ Trinity Blessing
Shenandoah – trad. American ~ arr. Erb (1926 - 2014)
Gloucestershire Wassail – trad. English ~ arr. Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
My love is like a red, red rose – trad. Scottish ~ arr. Rathbone (b.1957)
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PROGRAMMA 2019
Un chiaroscuro della musica!
Tallis (c.1505 - 1585) ~ Te Lucis Ante Terminum
anonimo (16 secolo) ~ Rejoice in the Lord alway
Sheppard (c.1515 - 1558) ~ Libera nos
Purcell (1659 - 1695) ~ I was glad
Elgar (1857 - 1934) ~ The prince of sleep
Fauré (1845 - 1924) ~ Cantique de Jean Racine
Paul Spicer (b.1952) ~ In a field as I lay
Eric Whitacre (b.1970) ~ Sleep
Burgon (1941 - 2010) ~ Nunc dimittis
Purcell (1659 - 1695) ~ Hear my prayer, O Lord
Sheppard (c.1515 - 1558) ~ The Lord's prayer
Byrd (1543 - 1623) ~ Vigilate
Byrd (1543 - 1623) ~ Haec dies
Tomkins (1572 - 1656) ~ O Praise the Lord
Stanford (1852 - 1924) ~ Coelos ascendit hodie
PROGRAMMA 2018
Notturno di Stelle
Lassus (1532 - 1594) ~ Videntes Stellam
Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) ~ Sfogava con le stelle
Victoria (1548 - 1611) ~ Magi Viderent Stellam
Buxtehude (1639 - 1707) ~ Alleluia
Wilbye (1574 - 1638) ~ Draw on sweet night
Weelkes (1576 - 1623) ~ Thule, the period of cosmography
Byrd (1543 - 1623) ~ Lullaby
Purcell (1659 - 1695) ~ Jehova quam multi sunt hostes
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Poulenc (1899 - 1963) ~ Videntes Stellam
Grieg (1843 - 1907) ~ Ave Maris Stella
Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) ~ Rest
Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) ~ Sure on this shining night
Eriks Esenvalds (b.1977) ~ Only in sleep
Philip Stopford (b.1977) ~ Lully, Lulla, Lullay
PROGRAMMA 2017
LUX AETERNA
Tallis (c.1515 - 1585) ~ O nata lux
Guerrero (1528 - 1599) ~ Et post dies sex
Philips (1561 - 1628) ~ Hodie in monte
Tallis (c.1515 - 1585) ~ Salvator mundi
Byrd (1543 - 1623) ~ Christe, qui lux es et dies
Victoria (1548 - 1611) ~ Ave Maria
Purcell (1659 - 1695) ~ Hear my prayer
Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) ~ Gloria
(Gloria, Domine Deus; Quoniam tu solus sanctus; Cum Sancto spiritu)
Rheinberger (1839 - 1901) ~ Abendlied
Stanford (1852 - 1924) ~ The Bluebird
Holst (1874 - 1934) ~ Ave Maria
Harris (1883 - 1973) ~ Holy is the true light
Messiaen (1908 - 1992) ~ O sacrum convivium
Elgar (1857 – 1934) ~ Lux aeterna
Alec Roth (b. 1943) ~ Sol Justitiae
James MacMillan (b. 1959) ~ O radiant dawn
PROGRAMMA 2016
MUSICA DIVINA
Cardoso (c.1566-1650) ~ Introit Missa pro defundis
Cornysh (1465 – 1523) ~ Ave Maria, mater Dei
Lassus (1532 – 1594) ~ Tristis est anima mea
Blow (1649-1708) ~ Salvator mundi
Tomkins (1572 – 1656) ~ Music divine
Gibbons (1583 – 1625) ~ The silver swan
Wilbye (1574 – 1638) ~ Draw on sweet night
Buxtehude ~ Magnificat
Brixi (1732 – 1771) ~ Pastores loquebantur
Parry (1848 – 1918) ~ Music, when soft voices die
Parry (1848 – 1918) ~ Crossing the Bar
German (1862 – 1936) ~ Who is Sylvia?
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) ~ Lux Aurumque
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) ~ O Magnum Mysterium
Biebl (1906 – 2001) ~ Ave Maria
PROGRAMMA 2015
Voci degli angeli
Dering ~ Factum est silentium
Hassler ~ Dixit Maria
Byrd ~ Sing joyfully
Gombert ~ O Gloriosa Domina
Handl ~ Duo Seraphim
Monteverdi ~ Angelus ad pastores ait
Monteverdi ~ Beatus Vir
Parry ~ My soul, there is a country
Parry ~ There is an old belief
Walton ~ Set me as a seal
Healey Willan ~ Rise up my love
Morten Lauridsen ~ O nata lux
Patrick Hawes ~ Angelus Domini
Patrick Hawes ~ Factum est silentium
12 Agosto, 18:00
Il Duomo, Citta' della Pieve
PROGRAMMA 2014
AUDIVI VOCEM
Weelkes ~ Alleluia, I heard a voice
Taverner ~ Dum transisset Sabbatum
Mouton ~ Salva nos, domine
Byrd ~ Laetentur coeli
Mouton ~ Ave Maria
Victoria ~ O quam gloriosum
Tomkins ~ I heard a voice
Mouton ~ Nesciens Mater
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Bruckner ~ Ave Maria
Stravinsky ~ Ave Maria
Stanford ~ Justorum animae
Bruckner ~ Locus iste
L’Estrange ~ Three Prayers for Peace
Bruckner ~ Os justi
PROGRAMMA 2013
Celebrare!
Redford ~ Rejoice in the Lord alway
Parsons ~ Ave Maria
Cornysh ~ Ave Maria, mater dei
Tallis ~ Honor, virtus et potestas
Byrd ~ Civitas sancti tui
Tomkins ~ When David Heard
Britten ~ Hymn to the Virgin
Howells ~ Here is the little door
Parry ~ Songs of Farewell (Never weather beaten sail; My soul there is a country)
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Bennet ~ All creatures now
Dowland ~ Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Wilbye ~ Draw on sweet night
Byrd ~ Lullaby
Gibbons ~ What is our life?
Vaughan Williams ~ The Winter is Gone
Sullivan ~ The Long Day closes
Parry ~ How sweet the answer
Holst ~ I love my love
PROGRAMMA 2012
GLORIANA
Tallis ~ Gloria Patri
Byrd ~ O lord, make thy servant
Gibbons ~ O lord in Thy wrath
Organ
Weelkes ~ O Lord arise
Byrd ~ Ave Verum
Richard Bramston ~ Recordare Domine
Tallis ~ Salvator Mundi
Organ
Byrd ~ Praise the Lord
Weelkes ~ Grant the Queen a long life
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Britten ~ Gloriana dances
Tavener ~ Song for Athene
Healet Willan ~ Rise up my love my fair one
Delius ~ Midsummer song
Organ
Vaughan Williams ~ 3 Shakespeare Songs
Benet ~ All creatures now
Ellis Gibbons ~ Long live fair Oriana
Chilcott ~ God so loved the world
16 Agosto, 18:00
Chiesa di San Domenico, Cortona
PROGRAMMA 2011
Canta Celestiali
Tallis ~ Nine Psalm tunes for Archibishop Parker's Psalter ~ First Tune
Anerio ~ Christus factus est
Tallis ~ Second Tune (Psalm 68)
Hassler ~ Angelus Domini descendit
Tallis ~ Third Tune (Psalm 2)
Byrd ~ Vigilate
Tallis ~ Fourth Tune ~ (Psalm 42)
Monteverdi ~ Cantate Domino
Tallis ~ Fifth Tune (Psalm 42)
Byrd ~ Sicut cervus
Tallis ~ Sixth Tune (Psalm 5)
Byrd ~ Civitas sancti tui
Tallis ~ Seventh Tune (Psalm 52)
Taverner ~ Dum transisset Sabbatum
Tallis ~ Ordinal - Veni creator
Tallis ~ O nata lux
Tallis ~ igth Tune (Psalm 67), Tallis' Canon
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Anon (c.1420) ~ There is no rose
Pearsall ~ Lay a Garland
Britten ~ 3 Flower Songs
Elizabeth Poston ~ Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Lloyd ~ Virtue
Whitacre ~ Go, Lovely Rose
Mealor ~ Ubi Caritas
Chilcott ~ Tallis Canon
PROGRAMMA 2010
AVE MARIA - musica in onore della Santissima Vergine Maria
Clemens non Papa ~ O Maria, vernans rosa
Tallis ~ Sancte Deus
Victoria ~ Guade Maria Virgo
Organo
Sheppard ~ Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria
Organo
Hassler ~ Dixit Maria
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Verdi ~ Pater Noster
Stanford ~ Beati quorum via
Duruflé ~ Tota puchra es
Organo
John Joubert ~ There is no rose
Ambroz Copi ~ Ave Maria
