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Choral at Cadogan2019–20
I’m delighted that this series is hosting the UK debuts of two international groups. In February, we welcome Cupertinos from Portugal – a young, dynamic ensemble whose raison d’être is to promote the rich wonders of 16th- and 17th-century Portuguese polyphony. In March, we hear the Danish National Vocal Ensemble which will treat us to some exquisite, lesser-known treasures from Denmark.
Following their successful series debut last year, The Gesualdo Six return with a programme of madrigals. The Cardinall’s Musick performs a beautiful programme exploring powerful music written by composers influenced by different religious traditions. Westminster Cathedral
Choir and The Sixteen present beautiful Advent programmes in December full of works guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit.
The Tallis Scholars bookend the series showcasing two Renaissance masters: Tallis and Palestrina. We look forward to the opportunity to delve into the minds and experience the magnitude of these composers. Of course, no programme dedicated entirely to Tallis would be complete without a performance of his renowned 40-part motet Spem in alium – a spectacle in itself.
As always, I look forward to welcoming you to our series.
Peter Phillips Artistic Director
‘ Choral at Cadogan prides itself on presenting some of the finest choral ensembles from the UK and around the world.’Peter PhillipsArtistic Director
Welcome to Choral at Cadogan 2019–20
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What’s on
Tue 3 DecemberWestminster Cathedral ChoirWorld-class Westminster Cathedral Choir performs a programme of music to celebrate Advent by composers from Tallis to Eric Whitacre.
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Mon 16–Tue 17 DecemberThe Sixteen at ChristmasThe Sixteen perform Britten’s A ceremony of carols as well as traditional Medieval carols and more modern delights from Warlock and Walton.
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Wed 2 OctoberThe Tallis ScholarsThe Tallis Scholars perform rarely heard Palestrina choral music alongside pieces by Byrd, Gallus and de Morales.
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Thu 21 MayThe Gesualdo SixFollow the evolution of the madrigal from Monteverdi to Ligeti with The Gesualdo Six in their return performance at Cadogan Hall.
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Thu 18 JuneThe Tallis ScholarsThe Tallis Scholars close the 2019–20 Choral at Cadogan season with Thomas Tallis’ glorious Spem in alium for 40 voices.
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Tue 18 FebruaryCupertinosExperience the richness of 16th- and 17th-century Portuguese polyphony in this performance from Cupertinos, renowned for their Iberian passion.
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Thu 26 MarchDanish National Vocal EnsembleThe Danish National Vocal Ensemble, acclaimed for their pure Nordic sound, presents a cross-section of Danish music and motets by J.S. Bach.
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Wed 29 AprilThe Cardinall’s MusickThe Cardinall’s Musick sets 16th-century polyphony from Byrd and Gibbons alongside contemporary mystic minimalism from Tavener and Arvo Pärt.
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Wednesday 2 October 2019 7.30pm
The Tallis ScholarsSpecial Palestrina
Palestrina Missa Ave MariaPalestrina Dum complerenturByrd Domine secundum actum meumByrd O salutaris hostiaGallus Mirabile mysteriumde Morales Jubilate DeoPalestrina Magnificat tertii toni
Peter Phillips director
The Tallis Scholars open the 2019–20 Choral at Cadogan series with a performance of rarely heard Palestrina. The music in this programme is written for an unusual mix of voices, and Choral at Cadogan offers the perfect showcase for such extraordinary choral writing. Peter Phillips, director of The Tallis Scholars says: ‘The Missa Ave Maria is one of Palestrina’s greatest works, yet it remains almost completely unknown. Its final Agnus for eight-part choir is a particularly special feature.’ Don’t miss the chance to hear this stunning music alongside works by Gallus, Byrd and de Morales.
Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
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Tuesday 3 December 2019 7.30pm
Westminster Cathedral Choir O magnum mysterium — Songs of the Incarnation
Victoria O magnum mysteriumPlainsong Dominus dixit ad meTallis O nata luxJames MacMillan O radiant dawnPlainsong Puer natus est nobisPalestrina Rorate cæliTallis Videte miraculum Joanna Marsh O Magnum MysteriumVictoria Alma redemptoris materPlainsong Alleluia: Dominus dixit ad meBruckner Ave MariaPoulenc O magnum mysteriumPoulenc Quem vidistis pastores?Howells A spotless roseEric Whitacre Lux aurumque Warlock Bethlehem DownMorten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium
Martin Baker director
Founded in 1901, the world-famous Westminster Cathedral Choir has an international reputation for superb music-making and is unique in its daily performances of Renaissance polyphony and plainsong at Westminster Cathedral. This programme presents a mixture of the choir’s traditional Advent repertoire with some contemporary Christmas favourites, along with the world premiere of a motet by Joanna Marsh, all centred on the text O magnum mysterium: a musical expression of the mystery of the incarnation – the arrival of Christ in the calm silence of the night.
Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
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‘ Thought-provoking and never predictable.’ The Guardian
The Sixteen at Christmas
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Walton Make we joy now in this festMatthew Martin Adam lay yboundenPoston Jesus Christ the apple treeWarlock Corpus ChristiHolst This have I done for my true lovePraetorius arr. Jan Sandström Lo, how a rose e’er bloomingJames Burton BalulalowCecilia McDowall Of a roseBritten A ceremony of carolsSelection of Medieval and traditional carols
Harry Christophers conductor
The Sixteen’s Christmas 2019 programme features Britten’s hugely popular A ceremony of carols. This masterful and unique work continues to be a staple of the choral canon and is an example of Britten’s genius. The rest of the programme combines traditional Medieval carol tunes upon which so much Christmas music has been based, contrasted with more modern delights including Warlock’s Corpus Christi and Walton’s festive Make we joy now in this fest.
Tickets £47, £38, £31, £25, £19 ENCORE members 10% off ticket prices
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de Cristo Lamentationes Jheremie prophetæ 1:1-5Mendes Missa de Quadragesima – Kyrie de Brito Assumpsit JesusCardoso Lamentationes 1:6–7 Mendes Missa de Quadragesima – CredoLopes Morago De profundisTrosylho Circumdederunt me de Cristo Parce mihi Domine Mendes Missa de Quadragesima – Sanctus & Benedictusde Magalhães Commissa meaCardoso Sitivit anima mea Mendes Missa de Quadragesima – Agnus Deide Almeida Lamentationes 2:8-11Mendes Missa de Quadragesima – Benedicamus Domino
Luís Toscano director
Founded in 2009, Cupertinos have established themselves as true ambassadors of Portuguese polyphony. Fresh and untamed in character, their performances showcase Iberian passion and a distinctly Portuguese essence. Experience the richness of 16th- and 17th-century Portuguese polyphony in this programme that provides a panoramic view of the poignant liturgies of Lent and of the Dead.
Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
Tuesday 18 February 20207.30pm
CupertinosDuctus est Jesus
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J.S. Bach Komm, Jesu, kommPedersøn Fader vor ud i HimmerigPedersøn Victimae paschali laudesNielsen Tre MotetterJ.S. Bach Der Geist hilftBent Sørensen BenedictusBo Holten Herren er min hyrdeA selection of traditional ‘Dansk Sange’J.S. Bach Jesu, meine Freude
Marcus Creed director
The Danish National Vocal Ensemble, highly acclaimed for their pure, transparent Nordic sound, presents a broad cross-section of Danish music in this concert. They explore the nation’s great choral tradition from the time of Christian IV’s rule in the 16th century, via Carl Nielsen, the father-figure of modern Danish music, to music of the present day. Framing the programme are choral masterworks by J. S. Bach: three glorious motets serving as a reminder that one of the most influential composers on Bach was another Dane, the great 17th-century organist Dietrich Buxtehude.
Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
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Arvo Pärt Da pacem DomineByrd Mass for four voices – Kyrie & GloriaArvo Pärt Morning starByrd Mass for four voices – CredoArvo Pärt I am the true vineByrd Mass for four voices – Sanctus & BenedictusArvo Pärt Most holy Mother of GodByrd Mass for four voices – Agnus DeiGibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Tavener The tygerGibbons O Lord, in thy wrathTavener The lambGibbons Lift up your headsTavener Funeral IkosGibbons Nunc dimittis (Short Service)Tavener Love bade me welcomeGibbons O clap your hands together
Andrew Carwood director
Wednesday 29 April 20207.30pm
The Cardinall’s Musick Mystics
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Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
A beautiful programme which sets 16th-century polyphony alongside contemporary minimalism. The mystical minimalists John Tavener and Arvo Pärt are as immersed in their religious feelings as William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons yet they come from very different traditions. Byrd’s dark-toned Mass for four voices inspired by Catholic devotion is set against Gibbons’ more suave and energetic Anglican writing. Tavener and Arvo Pärt instead look to the Orthodox traditions of the East. These contemporary writers use a direct and powerful approach, ikon-like in its seeming simplicity but immensely powerful.
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Thursday 21 May 20207.30pm
The Gesualdo Six Flower of the Italian Madrigal
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Vecchi Affrettiamoci tutti di fruirePalestrina Soave fia il morir Monteverdi Sfogava con le stelleSelected works from ‘Il Trionfo di Dori’ de Macque Vaghe ninfe selvage Massaino Sù le fiorite sponde Anerio Sotto l’ombroso speco Giovanelli Quand’apparisti o vag’o
amata DoriStriggio Misero Ohime Marenzio Senza il mio soleMonteverdi Rimanti in paceOrologio Omnia vincit amordel Mel Madonna io non so far de Monte Zefiro tornaCorteccia S’altri d’amor sospiraGesualdo Felice primaveraGesualdo Asciugate i begli occhi Ligeti Selection from ‘Nonsense Madrigals’ Malvezzi Lieti solcando il mare
Owain Park director
Trace the evolution of the madrigal from Claudio Monteverdi to György Ligeti in this entrancing programme. Monteverdi led the way in a new expressive style of composition, emphasising words just as much as harmonies – and breaking the rules as he went. Palestrina, Gesualdo and Marenzio feature alongside several works of the Il Trionfo di Dori, a collection of madrigals composed in honour of the wife of a Venetian nobleman. Ligeti’s Nonsense Madrigals parody earlier madrigals by using old compositional techniques as vehicles for humorous portrayals of texts from children’s literature by Lewis Carroll and William Brighty Rands.
Tickets £36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
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‘ The sheer beauty of the group’s sound ... is spellbinding.’ The Daily Telegraph
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June Thursday 18 June 2020
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The Tallis ScholarsSpem in alium
Tallis Loquebantur variis linguisTallis Miserere nostriTallis Sancte deusTallis If ye love meTallis Hear the voice and prayerTallis Gaude gloriosaTallis Lamentations of Jeremiah IITallis Derelinquat impiusTallis In ieiunio et fletuTallis O nata luxTallis Spem in alium
Peter Phillips director
Thomas Tallis’ epic motet Spem in alium remains one of the most astonishing creations of the human mind. There is a theory that it was first performed in 1570, making 2020 the 450th anniversary of that event. True or not, one hardly needs a special reason for presenting Spem in alium. Surrounding it with more music by Thomas Tallis gives us an opportunity to understand just how versatile he was. Big and small, Catholic and Protestant, he excelled in every genre, influencing all the English musicians of his time, and for generations to come.
Tickets £47, £38, £31, £25, £19ENCORE members 10% off ticket prices
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‘ … as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall …’ The Observer
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Booking information
Tickets for The Sixteen and Spem in alium£47, £38, £31, £25, £19ENCORE members 10% off
Tickets for all other concerts in the series£36, £32, £29, £24, £19ENCORE members pay £32 for top price tickets
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Muze TrustThis year, we continue to support The Muze Trust – a charity whose aim it is to ensure that children in disadvantaged communities in Zambia have access to music education at the most basic level, including the provision of instruments. Peter Phillips, Artistic Director, has been involved with this charity since the outset and is delighted to continue to support their work. You can find more information about the charity at themuzetrust.org. When you book tickets online, you’ll be given the opportunity to donate to this important charity.
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Getting to Cadogan Hall
The easiest way to travel to Cadogan Hall is by public transport. Cadogan Hall is a two-minute walk from Sloane Square tube station, which is served by District and Circle lines, and one stop from Victoria station with mainline and additional tube connections. Visit tfl.gov.uk to plan your journey.
Sloane Square Tube StationTwo minutes’ walkUpon exiting Sloane Square station, turn immediately right, passing the Royal Court Theatre. Cross over Cliveden Place and walk up Sedding Street towards Cadogan Hall.
BusFrequent bus services stop in Sloane Square and neighbouring streets including King’s Road, Sloane Street and Lower Sloane Street.
TaxiSloane Square one minute walkThere is a well-served taxi rank located on Sloane Square opposite the tube station.
ParkingA limited number of parking bays are available on Sloane Terrace, Wilbraham Place and Sedding Street after 6.30pm.
Special offer: NCP car park, Cadogan Place 6 hours parking for £16Cadogan Hall audience members may obtain a discounted ticket for the car park when they purchase a concert ticket. Car park tickets are held at the Box Office. Please drop in to collect one or ask for one to be posted to you when you book your tickets.
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