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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.

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

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

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

Edward Elgar                         There was sweet music

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