Saturday 17th December 2016 - 7:30pm

St George's, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2SA

 

Tickets:

£14 / £12 (conc.) - AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

 

Director: David Allinson

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Join us for an evening of seasonal 16th century music that centres on the nativity scene, and upon the humble shepherds who were among the first to see the baby Jesus. Our programme features works by Jacob Clemens and his Franco-Flemish contemporaries. Clemens’s music is polyphonic perfection: unlike most northern European composers of the time he never travelled to Italy; he  revels in relatively conservative close-worked counterpoint and sonorous chording. His Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis moves seamlessly between moods of contemplative reverence and joyful dancing. All is crowned by a rapturous Agnus Dei in which the texture is enriched by an extra voice.

 

The setting of the Mass will be interspersed with seasonal motets by Gombert, Verdelot, Josquin, Willaert and Clemens himself. Mulled wine and mince pies will be available at the interval. Vrolijk kerstfeest!