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Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine

LIVE on Seminary welcomes back vocal ensemble, hexaCollective, to perform Claudio Monteverdi's masterpiece from 1610 - accompanied by instrumentalists from Charm City Collegium.

A Program of Love, Life and Prayer

hexaCollective presents a program of love, life and prayer. 

A selection of British Works including the Lamentations by Thomas Tallis, a new work by British composer/cellist Zoe Martlew and British folk songs arranged by composers including Holst, Grainger and Vaughan-Williams frame a potpourri of compositions from around the globe including arrangements and transcriptions of hymns from Iceland and Georgia and a mystical work by Ola Gjeilo based on a 12th century Latin text.

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PRAYER - Lamentations

Thomas Tallis                         Lamentations Book 1

Zoe Martlew                           Karakia

Richard Rodney Bennett            A Good Night

Thomas Tallis                         Lamentations Book 2

Thomas Tomkins                      Too much I once lamented

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LIFE - Potpourri

þorkell Sigurbjörnsson             Heyr Himna Smiður

Transcribed by John Graham      Kriste Aghda (Traditional Georgian Hymns)

Amy Beach                            Three Shakespeare Choruses, Op. 39

Sean Shepherd                       To Daffodils

Ola Gjeilo                              Unicornis Captivar

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LOVE - British Folksongs and Sweet Music

Percy Grainger                       Brigg Fair

Ralph Vaughan Williams           Greensleeves

Gustav Holst                          Swansea Town

Gustav Holst                          I love my love

Peter Warlock                         Yarmouth Fair

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Edward Elgar                         There was sweet music

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