Renaissance choral music for ANZAC Day 2003

"Composures"

Friday 25 April 2003, 2.30pm

National War Memorial
Buckle St
Wellington

various composers: sacred works by Bach, Victoria, Gibbons and Philips

Within the liturgical year, the season of Lent focuses primarily on themes of departure, recollection and penitence. Holy Week, leading up to the Crucifixion on Good Friday, has inspired some of sacred music's most inspired compositions.

This ANZAC Day meditation in music at the National War Memorial Hall of Memories presents a selection of the most moving Lenten music, written by the finest composers of the Renaissance period.

Programme

Chorale: Herzliebster Jesu: Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Drop, drop slow tears: Orlando Gibbons 1583?-1625
When Jesus Christ was yet a child: Piotr Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
Chorale: Ich will hier bei dir stehen: J S Bach
O vos omnes: Tomas Luis de Victoria 1548-1611
O Lord, in Thy wrath: Orlando Gibbons 1583?-1625
Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen: J S Bach
I call and cry to Thee: Thomas Tallis 1505?-1585
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: Henry Purcell 1659-1695
Chorale: Befiehl du deine Wege: J S Bach
Ich aber bin elend: Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Crux fidelis: Felice Anerio 1560?-1614
Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden: J S Bach
O crux splendidior: Peter Philips 1561-1628
Chorale: Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden: J S Bach