An English Garden
June 8, 9, 10, 2018
An a cappella program of treasures from the English choral tradition, ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. The featured works are Mass for Five Voices by Renaissance master William Byrd and a classic of the 20th-century repertoire, Herbert Howells’ Requiem. We round out the program with a set of madrigals and additional sacred and secular gems from several eras.
Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole
Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole
| Program | |
| Henry Purcell | I was glad |
| Thomas Tallis | If ye love me |
| Orlando Gibbons | Hosanna to the Son of David |
| William Byrd | Mass for Five Voices |
| Thomas Weelkes | Sing we at pleasure |
| John Wilbye | Draw on, sweet night |
| John Farmer | Fair Phyllis I Saw |
| John Bennet | Weep, O mine eyes |
| Thomas Tomkins | See, see the shepherd’s queen |
| intermission | |
| Cecilia McDowall | Regina Coeli |
| Edward Elgar | There is sweet music |
| Roxanna Panufnik | Kyrie after Byrd |
| Charles Stanford | Coelos ascendit hodie |
| Herbert Howells | Requiem |
| Kenneth Leighton | A Hymn to the Trinity |
