Songs of the Sun and Moon

Friday 20 February 2009, 8pm

Adam Concert Room
School of Music
Victoria University of Wellington
Kelburn
Wellington

The Tudor Consort presents a wide selection of atmospheric a cappella choral music inspired by the sun and moon, including the glorious Easter morning hymn Aurora lucis rutilat by Lassus, Gustav Holst’s The Evening Watch, and William Walton’s Cantico del sole. This promises to be a feast for the eyes as well as the ears as the Adam Concert Room of Victoria University is transformed with solar brilliance and cold lunar light to reflect these evocative works.

Programme

Gregorian chant
Aurora lucis rutilat — Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
Cantico del sole — William Walton (1902 - 1983)
Chiaro rispleder suole — Carlo Gesualdo (1560 - 1613)
O nata lux — Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)
Lux aeterna — David Hamilton (1955 - )
Gregorian chant
Abendlied — Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)
The evening watch — Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
Te lucis ante terminum — Thomas Tallis
Nacht und morgen — György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)