Saturday 6th February 2010, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth of York, wife to King Henry VII (1466-1503)

Tickets

£8 in advance

01392 490398

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£10 on the door

Programme

• Kyrie - Antoine Brumel (c.1460-c.1520) from Missa Et ecce terrae motus (the Earthquake Mass)
• Gloria - Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1520) from Missa Et ecce terrae motus (the Earthquake Mass)
• Ah, Robyn - William Cornysh (1465-1523)
• Virgo prudentissima - Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
• Je ne puis vivre ainsy - Antoine Busnois (1430-1492)
• Pourquoi non - Pierre de la Rue (1469-1518)

Interval

• Tota pulchra es - John Plummer (c.1410-1484)
• Sanctus and Benedictus - Antoine Brumel (c.1460-c.1520) from Missa Et ecce terrae motus (the Earthquake Mass)
• Parce mihi - Jacob Obrecht (1450-1505)
• Kyrie from Missa L'homme armé - Johannes Ockeghem (1420-1497)
• Ave Maria Mater Dei - William Cornysh (1465-1523)
• Agnus Dei - Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1520) from Missa Et ecce terrae motus (the Earthquake Mass)

Saturday 15th May 2010, 7.30 pm

Exeter Cathedral

The Coronation of King George II, 1727

A staged reconstruction

with the

Counterpoint Brass Ensemble and Drums

Tickets

Concert in aid of the Counterpoint Bursary fund for Exeter Cathedral Boy and Girl Choristers

Music to include Handel's famous Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest.

Saturday 26th June 2010, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Requiem for Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Commemorating the centenary of Florence Nightingale's death

with

Paul Morgan (organ)

Tickets

To include:

Fauré's Requiem

and music by:

Bairstow, Bruckner, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Pearsall, Parry, Tchaikovsky and Wesley.

Saturday 3rd July 2010, 7.30 pm

Exeter Cathedral

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (2nd June, 1953)

A reconstruction of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

with

Exeter Cathedral Choir

Tickets

With music by Dyson, Handel, Harris, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Vaughan Williams and Walton.

Saturday 16th October 2010, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Handel's journey from Italy to England

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Mary Bevan (soprano)

Counterpoint

Divertimento String Ensemble

Tickets

Music to include:

• Dixit Dominus
• Laudate pueri Dominum for Soprano soloist and Choir
• arias for Countertenor
• triumphant choruses

Saturday 18th December 2010, 4.00 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Abbey Carol Service

with carols sung by

Counterpoint

Entrance free

The annual Abbey carol service is always very popular - make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat!

Saturday 9th April 2011, 7.30 pm

Exeter Cathedral

St John Passion - J. S. Bach

(in German)

with

Divertimento

and soloists to include:

Thomas Hobbs (Evangelist - tenor)

Jonathan Peter Kenny (countertenor)

Tickets

A concert in aid of the Counterpoint Bursary Fund for Exeter Cathedral Boy and Girl Choristers