Overview
Tickets available on the door
A moving tribute to Elizabeth II as part of Lessay Festival's 30th anniversary celebrations.
The ‘choral crown jewels’ that form A Tribute to the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II range from the 16th to the 21st century. The programme is built around selections from books of choral music assembled for both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II: Cantiones Sacrae (1575); The Triumphs of Oriana (1601); A Garland for the Queen (1953), and Choirbook for the Queen (2012). The concert includes one of the first performances of a work originally commissioned by the Genesis Foundation O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth by Cecilia McDowall, one of the UK’s leading choral composers.
This performance is made possible by the generous support of Michael and Sally Payton
PROGRAMME
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Morley
Hard by a crystal fountain
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Tallis
O sacrum convivium
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Byrd
O lux beata Trinitas
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James MacMillan
Who shall separate us?
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Byrd
O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth
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Stanford
The Blue Bird
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Britten
Gloriana Dances for tenor, harp and choir
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Purcell
Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
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Vaughan Williams
Silence and Music
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Cecilia McDowall
O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth
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Bennett
These Three
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Tallis
Miserere nostri
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Byrd
This sweet and merry month of May
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Weelkes
As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Eamonn Dougan conductor
