Meet the Performers
Alexandra Kidgell
Soprano
We are delighted to return to Reading Concert Hall with a distinctly British programme spanning over 500 years of choral music.
16th-century composers Tallis and Byrd wrote at times of religious turmoil and national upheaval, producing magnificent works of beauty and musical mastery. Their legacy can be traced to some of Britain’s most celebrated 20th and 21st century composers, including Britten, Tippett and Sir James MacMillan, whose works complete this enlightening programme.
PROGRAMME
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Tallis
Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter 1 – 8
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Tallis
Salvator mundi
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Gibbons
The Silver Swan
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Sheppard
In manus tuas III
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Tippett
Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
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Tallis
O nata lux
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Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis
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Tallis
O sacrum convivium
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Tallis
Loquebantur variis linguis
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Byrd
This sweet and merry month of May
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Morley
April is in my mistress’ face
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James MacMillan
Mitte manum tuam
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Britten
Gloriana Dances