SOUND THE TRUMPET!
WELLS CATHEDRAL
A celebration of the choir’s foundation in 1984.
Unquestionably one of the most beautiful and most poetic of English cathedrals, Wells Cathedral provided the magnificent setting for Somerset Chamber Choir’s joyous Anniversary Concert, celebrating 40 years of glorious music-making. With a distinguished line-up of musicians, this was a concert sparkling with resplendent jewels of the Renaissance and Baroque.
The Choir, under the dynamic direction of Andrea Brown, was joined by Florilegium, one of Britain’s most outstanding period-instrument ensembles, and a stunning array of vocal soloists.
“Florilegium have become an indispensable feature on the early music landscape. Long may they prosper” (The Times)
Tallis’s extraordinary 40-part masterpiece Spem in Alium, in a dramatic arrangement featuring cornetts & sackbuts, formed the centrepiece of this very special concert which also included exuberant music by H Praetorius, JS Bach’s dazzling Magnificat in D, the soaring lines of Handel’s sublime Eternal Source of Light Divine, and one of Purcell’s most popular works, Come Ye Sons of Art.
TALLIS Spem in Alium
H PRAETORIUS Cantate Domino
PURCELL Come Ye Sons of Art*
HANDEL Eternal Source of Light Divine
JS BACH Magnificat
Encores:
JUDITH WEIR Drop down, ye heavens, from above
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
*contains the famous aria "Sound the trumpet till around you make the listening shores rebound."
Emily Vine soprano
Amy Carson soprano
Tristram Cooke countertenor
Kieran White tenor
Angus Mcphee baritone
SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR
with FLORILEGIUM (Sara Deborah Timossi leader)
Andrea Brown conductor
