Tag: early music

A painful silence

All on my own in Lockdownland, I can’t recreate the sound that I and my fellow choristers make on Maundy Thursday when we begin Duruflé’s sinuous and reflective setting of the Tantum Ergo; or when we lean together into the achingly plangent suspensions of ‘Jerusalem desolata est’ in Byrd’s Civitas Sancti Tui

Folle Cor: Philomel at the Barn Church

Philomel’s last performance was an evening of 17th century passion and intimacy. ‘Folle Cor’ presented duets and trios from the courts of Northern Italy, by composers including Mazzocchi, Strozzi, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Casulana, on the themes of love and obsession. This was Philomel’s first programme of purely historical repertoire. Here is a short video of… Continue reading Folle Cor: Philomel at the Barn Church

Cecilia Sings: Philomel in concert 4 May 2019

The six sopranos of Philomel will be performing their Cecilia Sings concert on Saturday 4 May, 7.30pm, at St George the Martyr, Southwark. It will be a repeat of the eclectic programme performed at the Swiss Church, Covent Garden, last autumn.  With music by early 17th century composers such as Barbara Strozzi, Maddalena Casulana and Domenico Mazzocchi, alongside… Continue reading Cecilia Sings: Philomel in concert 4 May 2019

Philomel: Cecilia Sings

24 November 2018, the Swiss Church, Covent Garden Join us for an evening of stunning singing, accompanied by theorbo, harpsichord and recorder. The forthcoming concert for Saint Cecilia’s day, Cecilia Sings, will continue the theme of bird mythology that was initiated in the first three concerts, melded with ideas about Saint Cecilia. Text and artwork… Continue reading Philomel: Cecilia Sings

Listen

Après un rêve (Op. 7, No. 1), Gabriel Fauré Sure on this shining night, Samuel Barber O Waly Waly, Benjamin Britten Ave Maria (extract), Bach-Gounod  Domine Deus, Antonio Vivaldi (live recording from Santa Maria in Aquiro, Rome) Pie Jesu, from Requiem by Gabriel Fauré