St. Mary's Church
Cadogan St., Chelsea
London SW3 2QR
Admission Free
Retiring collection in aid of St. Mary's Development Fund
Music for Vespers
The FifteenB Consort
(Rowena Wells, Alison Cross, Sally Prime, Robert Hugill, Katie Boot, John McLeod)
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Robert Parsons - Ave Maria Alessandro Grandi - Dixit Dominus Tomas Luis de Victoria - Beatus vir Tomas Luis de Victoria - Confitebor tibi |
Robert Fayrfax - Magnificat 'Regale' Walter Frye - Salve Virgo Hugh Aston - Gaude mater matris Christi Alfonso Lobo - Versa est luctum |
Robert Hugill - Lucis Creator Optime (World Premiere)
The FifteenB Consort will perform a sequence of plainchant and motets taken from the Vespers service, including music by Vittoria, Grandi, Parsons, Ashton, Fayrfax, Frye and Lobo.
The sequence opens with Robert Parsons Ave Maria followed by Vespers motets by Tomas Luis de Victoria and Alessandro Grandi. The FifteenB Consort will be premiering a new setting of the Vespers hymn, Lucis Creator Optime by their Artistic Director Robert Hugill. The Vespers sequence will be concluded with Robert Fayrfax’s magnificent Magnificat ‘Regale’ from the Eton Choir Book.
The concert ends with motets dedicated to the Virgin Mary, including Hugh Aston’s Gaude, mater matris Christi and Walter Frye’s Salve Virgo, dating from mid-15th century this is the earliest item on the programme.
The FifteenB Consort is a six person vocal ensemble which often sings with one voice to a part. Their programmes mix early music with contemporary pieces by their artistic director, Robert Hugill. The members of the FifteenB Consort are drawn from the choir FifteenB which was founded by Robert Hugill in 1994. Since then FifteenB have performed regularly at St. Mary’s Church, Cadogan Street including presenting 4 concerts at the Chelsea Festival.
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