FRIDAY 6 APRIL 12.30pm *St Anne's Church, Jerusalem*
'There is a green hill'
The Choir of London conducted by Jeremy Summerly sing a cappella
choral works in the unparalleled surroundings of the 12th-century
church of St Anne in the Old City of Jerusalem.
TUESDAY 10 APRIL 8pm *Weil Auditorium, Kfar Shmaryahoo*
'The Peace of Jerusalem' (first performance)
'There is a green hill'
Jeremy Summerly / Choir of London / Efroni Choir / Sawa Choir
The Choir of London performs alongside the Sawa Choir, composed
of Palestinian girls from the Galilee region in northern Israel,
and the Efroni Choir, a Jewish children's ensemble based in Emek
Hefer. The Choir of London has enjoyed a close relationship with
both groups since its first visit to the region in 2004, and is
committed to ongoing support for the choirs and their
long-standing partnership.
THURSDAY 19 APRIL 7.30pm *Sweet Harmony*
TONUS PEREGRINUS sing choral music in 'the English manner'
at St Peter's, Eaton Square, London SW1, as part of a new
prestigious concert series, Eaton Square Concerts, which includes
the Gould Piano Trio, Leon McCawley, and Robin Blaze.
Ticket details are below, and there also free press tickets
available - more information from +44 (0)20 7871 4019.
Nearest tubes: Victoria and Sloane Square
TONUS PEREGRINUS
Joanna Forbes / Rebecca Hickey / Kathryn Knight /
David Sheringham / Richard Eteson / Alexander Hickey /
Francis Brett / Nick Flower / Antony Pitts
In the middle of the 15th century poet Martin le Franc famously
described how Dufay had adopted the English manner championed by
John Dunstaple - la contenance Angloise - and how, to Continental
ears, this new style of music sounded so fresh, and above all,
joyful. In about 1475 the musicologist Tinctoris claimed that
during his own lifetime music had been transformed into a "new
art", rendering obsolete anything written more than a generation
earlier. He singled out the English as responsible for this
giant leap forward, and Dunstaple in particular.
But the composer formerly known as Dunstable was not only musical
godfather to the Renaissance, he was also the first truly great
English composer - with a legacy that has spanned more than half
a millennium. Dunstaple's rich harmony with its cross-relations
has remained a quintessentially English characteristic right up
until today. This sequence of English music is built around his
settings of all five movements of the Ordinary of the Mass,
interspersed with motets and anthems by John Sheppard, Thomas
Tallis, Thomas Tomkins and new works by the ensemble's director,
Antony Pitts, whose music was described by The Gramophone as
having "the potential to be a real runaway success.....His is a
compositional voice of real personality and imagination".
tickets: £15, £10, £8 (conc.) on the door, or from
www.WeGotTickets.com/evenue/807
more info on series at www.EatonSquareConcerts.org.uk
Happy listening,
