In a big change from their last concert, Goring Chamber Choir’s next performance focuses on music from three short periods of history. First is the 12th and early 13th centuries, when Hildegard of Bingen was composing her ecstatic visions. Other songs from the period include the well-loved round ‘Sumer is icumen in’, attributed to a monk of Reading Abbey. Moving on 400 years, they’ll contrast the late renaissance style of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign with the exciting new developments and first operas from Italy — Byrd versus Monteverdi and Francesca Caccini with instruments added to the mix. Another 400 years along, and they’ll move to the sound of the 21st century, including a focus on women composers. Plus, they will perform pieces by Paul Spicer and Eric Whitacre, whose ‘Sainte-Chapelle’ is as ecstatic a vision of a stained-glass window as Hildegard of Bingen’s songs were 900 years earlier. Canadian composer Sarah Quartel sets a 13th century text, the ‘Golden Sequence’, bringing their vision full circle.

Musical Director: Frances Brewitt-Taylor
Accompanist: Steve Bowey

Where: St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Goring
When: Saturday 9th November 2024 at 3pm
Tickets: £15. Free for under-18s. Obtainable from a choir member, from Inspiration, Goring, from Garlands Organic, Pangbourne, or on the door.

http://www.goringchamberchoir.org.uk/

£15