William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Saturday 12th February 2011

Buckfast Abbey

Tallis is dead and music dies

with

David Davies (organ)

Programme:

• Tallis - O sacrum convivium
• Tallis - Loquebantur variis linguis
• Tallis - O nata lux
• Tallis - Salvator mundi I
• Tallis - Clarifica me Pater (organ)
• Tallis - Ecce tempus idoneum (organ)
• Tallis - The Lamentations of Jeremiah I
• Tallis - Videte miraculum

Interval

• Byrd - Haec Dies
• Byrd - Ne irascaris Domine
• Byrd - Sing joyfully
• Byrd - Ave Verum
• Byrd - Clarifica me Pater (i), (ii) and (iii) (organ)
• Byrd - Kyrie and Gloria from 3-part Mass
• Byrd - Sanctus and Benedictus from 4-part Mass
• Byrd - Agnus Dei from 5-part Mass
• Byrd - Ye sacred muses
• Psalm 130 - Out of the deep (De profundis)
• Funeral Sentences from Book of Common Prayer 1559 (spoken)

Saturday 9th April 2011

Exeter Cathedral

J.S. Bach - St John Passion

with

Divertimento

soloists:

Mary Bevan (soprano)

Jonathan Peter Kenny (countertenor)

Christopher Watson (Evangelist)

Greg Tassell (tenor)

Stuart Young (Christus/bass arias)

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

Saturday 25th June 2011

Buckfast Abbey

Requiem for James II (1633-1701)

Programme:

• Purcell – I was glad
• Gibbons – O clap your hands
• Tomkins – O sing unto the Lord
• Melgás – Salve Regina
• de Grigny – Verbum supernum (organ)
• Gibbons – O Lord in the wrath
• Ramsey – How are the mighty fallen
• Padilla – Circumdederunt me Dolores

Interval

• Purcell – Hear my prayer O Lord
• Blow – My days are gone like a shadow
• Charpentier – Messe des Morts
• Kyrie
• Sanctus
• Pie Jesu
• Benedictus
• Agnus Dei
• De Profundis

Saturday 15th October 2011

Buckfast Abbey

An evening of rich polyphony and lute songs

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Dorothy Linell (lute)

Counterpoint

Programme:

• Lassus - Timor et tremor
• Lauridsen - O nata lux
• Skempton - Ave virgo sanctissima
• Plainchant - Salve Regina (James Bowman)
• Farrant - Hide not thou thy face (James Bowman)
• Campion - Never weather-beaten sail (James Bowman)
• Purcell - Fairest Isle (James Bowman)
• Whitacre - Lux arumque
• Tavener - Funeral Ikos

Interval

• Matthew Cann - I am the true vine (premiere performance of a piece written for Counterpoint)
• de Rore - Parce mihi
• Tallis - O nata lux (James Bowman)
• Ballett - Sweet was the song (James Bowman)
• Dowland - I saw my lady weep (James Bowman)
• Gibbons - Drop, drop slow tears (James Bowman)
• Whitacre - Sleep
• Jackson - The Lord's Prayer
• Kiev Melody - Kontakion
• Elgar (arr. Cameron) - Lux Aeterna (Nimrod)

October 2011

Celebration Concert Tour, Brittany

Venues:

• Concert at Notre-Dame des Carmes

  • Pont-l’Abbé
  • 28 October

• Concert at Notre-Dame de Locmaria

  • Quimper
  • 29 October

• Mass at Notre-Dame des Carmes

  • Pont-l’Abbé
  • 30 October

Saturday 17th December 2011

Buckfast Abbey

Abbey Carol Service

with carols sung by

Counterpoint