Saturday 9th February 2013

Buckfast Abbey

The Life and Times of Queen Mary I (1516–1558)

Counterpoint

Music by composers alive during the reign of the Queen:

• William Cornysh (1465–1523) – Ave Maria, Mater dei
• William Cornysh (1465–1523) – Ah Robyn, gentle Robyn
• Heinrich Isaac (1445–c.1517) – Virgo prudentissima
• Nicholas Gombert (1495–1556) – Lugebat David Absalon
• Christobal de Morales (1500–1553) – Peccantem me quotidie
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa (1510–1555) – Ego flos campi a 7

Interval

• Robert Parsons (1530–1571) – Ave Maria
• Robert Whyte (1538–1574) – Regina coeli
• Rodrigo de Ceballos (1525–1571) – Gloria from Missa tertii toni
• Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585) – Loquebantur variis linguis
• Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599) – O Domine Jesu Christe
• Hernando Franco (1532–1585) – Christus factus est
• John Sheppard (c.1515–1558) – In pace, in idipsum

Friday 10th May 2013

Buckfast Abbey

Fauré – Requiem

and works by Gounod, Pergolesi, Mozart and Busto

Counterpoint

with

Jef le Penven (French choir from Quimper in Brittany)

Counterpoint were delighted to sing again with their good friends from France.

Saturday 6th July 2013

Buckfast Abbey

Mysterium

Counterpoint

with

Divertimento string ensemble

The annual Counterpoint Bursary Concert for Girl and Boy Choristers at Exeter Cathedral

Music:

• Morten Lauridsen – O nata lux
• Eric Whitacre – Lux aurumque
• Ola Gjeilo – Sanctus
• Karl Jenkins – Palladio (Divertimento)
• Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium

Interval

• Graham Keitch – In Memoriam – Ricardus Rex
• Arvo Pärt – Psalom (Divertimento)
• Ola Gjeilo – Sunrise Mass for Strings and Choir
  i. The Spheres (Kyrie)
  ii. Sunrise (Gloria)
  iii. The City (Credo)
  iv. Identity and The Ground (Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei)

Saturday 26th October 2013

Buckfast Abbey

The Remarkable Mr Henry Purcell

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Music:

• I was glad when they said unto me
• Remember not, Lord, our Offences
• Evening Service in G minor (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) *
• Hymn to God the Father - Pelham Humfrey (James Bowman)
• Lord, how long wilt thou be angry
• Funeral Music for Queen Mary

Interval

• Thy Word is a Lantern *
• Jubilate in D major *
• Hear my Prayer
• Jehova quam multi sunt hostes
• Evening Hymn (James Bowman)
• Rejoice in the Lord *

* Verse sections sung by James Bowman

Sunday 24th November 2013

Exeter Cathedral

Handel - Carmelite Vespers

including Dixit Dominus

with

English Touring Opera orchestra and soloists

Exeter Cathedral Choir

Isca Voices

Counterpoint

Counterpoint combined forces with English Touring Opera, Exeter Cathedral Choir and ISCA Voices in a dazzling concert of choral music, together with ETO's orchestra and soloists.