This month the first performance of a decade-long cycle plus Easter echoes reflected from the stones of Jerusalem...
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SATURDAY 19 MAY 8pm *Alpha & Omega* pre-concert talk at 7.30pm TONUS PEREGRINUS with the first performance of the complete cycle of motets setting the controversial "I AM..." sayings of Jesus - at the LONDON FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHURCH MUSIC St Pancras, Euston Road, London NW1 tickets from St Pancras Church Office +44 (0)20 7388 1461 more info on the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at http://www.stpancraschurch.org/index.php?id=121 complete Festival details (a big file): http://www.stpancraschurch.org/fileadmin/user_upload/files/Events/LFCCM_2007_leaflet.pdf ALPHA & OMEGA Tallis: Sancte Deus Pitts: The Peace of Jerusalem (2007, UK première) Tomkins: Almighty God, the Fountain of all Wisdom Gibbons: Come Holy Ghost, the Maker, come Pitts: There is a green hill (1990) [interval] The "I AM..." Sayings of Jesus (1996-2007, world première): Before Abraham was, I AM (2006) I AM the Bread of Life (2000) I AM the Resurrection and the Life (1996) I AM the Light of the World (2001) I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life (2001-2003) I AM the True Vine (2003) I AM the Door - I AM the Good Shepherd (2003-2007) I AM Alpha and Omega (2003/2007, world première) full programme details including notes and texts: http://tonusperegrinus.co.uk/AlphaOmegaPROGRAMME.pdf TONUS PEREGRINUS Rebecca Hickey / Lisa Beckley Kathryn Knight / Alexander L'Estrange Richard Eteson / Alexander Hickey Francis Brett / Nick Flower Antony Pitts EXTRA EXTRA For documentary evidence of one of Jeremy Summerly's recent performances of 'There is a green hill' in Jerusalem with the Choir of London, visit Simon Hewitt Jones's blog: http://simonhewittjones.com/blog/2007/04/14/choir-of-london-and-palestine-mozart-festival/ or watch it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmWhsEVTeFQ. Thank you for listening, Antony Pitts
