King Philip

Saturday 7th February 2009

Buckfast Abbey

The Life and Times of King Philip II of Spain, 1527-1598

Programme:

  • Padilla – Deus in adiutorium
  • Byrd – Ne irascaris
  • Lobo – Ave Regina
  • Parsons – Ave Maria
  • Lobo – Vivo ego
  • de Aliseda – Ave Maria
  • Morales – Regina Caeli
  • Tallis – Videte miraculum

Interval

  • Weelkes – Hosanna to the son of David
  • Byrd – O quam gloriosum
  • Barahona – Veni Domine
  • Guerrero – O Domine Iesu Christe
  • Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
  • Padilla – Circumdederunt me dolores
  • Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Handel

Saturday 16th May 2009

Exeter Cathedral

Messiah - Handel

with

  • Mary Bevan - Soprano
  • David Martin - Countertenor
  • Thomas Hobbs - Tenor
  • Stuart Young - Bass

Another in Counterpoint's series of Exeter Cathedral concerts in aid of the Counterpoint Bursary Fund for Exeter Cathedral boy and girl choristers.

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Handel's death in 1759.

Venice

Saturday 20th June 2009

Crediton Parish Church

The Glories of Venice I

with

The Counterpoint Brass Ensemble

Music for brass and voice.

The concert was part of the Crediton Community Festival.

  • Gabrieli – Exaudi me Domine for 4 Choirs and Brass
  • Monteverdi – Cantate Domino
  • Gabrieli – Canzona XII à 8
  • Croce – In spiritu humilitatis
  • Gabrieli – In Ecclesiis for 2 Choirs, Brass and Organ

Interval

  • Ugolini – Quae est ista for 3 Choirs, Brass and Organ
  • Monteverdi – Adoramus te
  • Merulo – Tribus miraculis ornatum diem
  • Gabrieli – Canzona Pian e forte
  • Bassano – Dic nobis Maria
  • Gabrieli – Magnificat for 2 Choirs, Brass and Organ
Venice

Saturday 4th July 2009

Buckfast Abbey

The Glories of Venice II

with

The Counterpoint Brass Ensemble

Music for brass and voice

  • Gabrieli – Exaudi me Domine for 4 Choirs and Brass- Gabrieli
  • Monteverdi – Cantate Domino
  • Gabrieli – Canzona XII à 8
  • Croce – In spiritu humilitatis
  • Gabrieli – In Ecclesiis for 2 Choirs, Brass and Organ

Interval

  • Ugolini – Quae est ista for 3 Choirs, Brass and Organ
  • Monteverdi – Adoramus te
  • Merulo – Tribus miraculis ornatum diem
  • Gabrieli – Canzona Pian e forte
  • Bassano – Dic nobis Maria
  • Gabrieli – Magnificat for 2 Choirs, Brass and Organ
Orazio Gentileschi c.1626, the year John Dowland died

Saturday 10th October 2009

Buckfast Abbey

A Banquet of Voices

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Dorothy Linell (lute)

James Bowman and Dorothy Linell performed a selection of lute songs.

Counterpoint sang music for multiple voices and for two choirs.

  • Sanders – The Reproaches
  • Whitacre – Sleep
  • Dowland – Time stands still (Bowman - Linell)
  • Dowland – Me, me and none but me (Bowman - Linell)
  • Dowland – Dear, if you change (Bowman - Linell)
  • Burgon – Nunc Dimittis (Bowman - Counterpoint)
  • Allegri – Miserere (Bowman - Counterpoint)

Interval

  • Stanford – Latin Magnificat for 2 choirs
  • Whitacre – Water Night
  • Ford – Since first I saw your face (Bowman - Linell)
  • Campion – tThe cypress curtain of the night (Bowman - Linell)
  • Gibbons – Drop, drop slow tears (Bowman - Linell)
  • Campion – Never weather-beaten sail (Bowman - Linell)
  • Bruckner – Os Justi
  • Naylor – Vox dicentis
Locmaria Church, Brittany, France

October 22nd-25th, 2009

Tour of Brittany, France

Included:

  • Concert at Locmaria Church, 24th October
  • Mass at Notre-Dame des Carmes, Pont-l’Abbé 25th October