Enjoy an evening of vocal music by Hildegard of Bingen, John Taverner, Palestrina, James MacMillan, and Arvo Pärt.
We are delighted to be closing the 2025 Oslo International Church Music Festival with a beautiful a cappella concert in Oslo Cathedral. Join us on a musical journey from the mediaeval vocals of Hildegard of Bingen, to the 21st century soundwords of James MacMillan, and the 90-year-old Arvo Pärt. Palestrina’s 500th anniversary will be celebrated in large parts of the world in 2025, and in honour of this, we will perform excerpts from his amazing motet cycle Canticum Canticorum from 1584, which is based on texts from Song of Songs in the Old Testament. The cycle is Palestrina’s largest collection of sacred motets and shows his extraordinary abilities as a composer.
PROGRAMME
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Hildegard of Bingen
O viridissima virga
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Arvo Pärt
Tribute to Caesar
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Palestrina
Introduxit me rex in cellam vinarium from Song of Songs
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James MacMillan
Mitte manum tuam
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Palestrina
Quae est ista, quee progreditur from Song of Songs
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Taverner
Gaude plurimum
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Hildegard of Bingen
Ave, generosa
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Arvo Pärt
Da pacem Domine
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Palestrina
Vineam meam non custodivi from Song of Songs
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James MacMillan
O radiant dawn
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Palestrina
Pulchrae sunt genae tuae from Song of Songs
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Arvo Pärt
Magnificat
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Taverner
O splendor gloriae
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor