onight’sperformancejuxtaposesthechoralmusicoftwoiconiccomposersfromacrosshalfamillennium.SirJohnTavenerwasborninLondon(1944-2013)andbecameknownforhisextensiveoutputofreligiousworksinastyledubbed‘holyminimalism’.Almost500yearsearlier(c.1490),anothercomposerwiththe

samename(albeitwithaslightlydifferentspelling)wasborn–JohnTaverner.Thelinkbetweenthesecomposersgoesbeyondtheirsharednames.Bothhaddeeply-heldspiritualbeliefs.ThecontemporaryJohnTavenerclaimedtobedescendedfromhisTudorcounterpartbutthiswasshownnottobethecase.Tonight’sperformanceisamusicaljourneybackintime.ContrastingpiecescomposedbytwoJohnTave(r)ners,whowereseparatedfromoneanotherintimebynearlyfivecenturies,arepresentedalongsidethemusicoftwooftheearlyTaverner’scontemporaries.Themusicalstylesyouwillheartonightrangefromtheminimalismofthelate20thcenturytothemajesticpolyphonyandstarkplainsongoftheRenaissance.Thisconcertispartofaseriesof“NewSoundscapes”inwhichVOXintendstoexposeaudiencestofreshchoralsounds.S:SuzanneBuchanan,JennyCoote,MaryanneMcLachlan,StephaniePulker,JennivanDoesburgh,AntheavanWieringenA:MaschaAinslie,KatherineBleazard,HeleneCooke,KarenHahne,LesleyJennings,JenniferMatlockT:TobiasHahne,RendertHoekstra,RogerHunter,MichaelMarchant,OwenRogersB:ChrisArnold,ShaunFebruary,BrentJohnson,AaronJuritz,DavidPatrick,KylePaulssen,JohanvanderWaltDirector:JohnWoodlandCreativeTeam:JamesRink(design),TaraNotcutt(direction)

Joinusforourforthcomingperformances:

“TrusttheSilences”:MusicbyEricWhitacre–Saturday5November,BishopsMemorialChapel,20h00NineLessonsandCarols–Sunday4December,StAndrew’sChurch,KildareRoad,Newlands,18h30

NineLessonsandCarols–Sunday11December,StAndrew’sPresbyterianChurch,SomersetRoad,CapeTown,16h00

WeareverygratefultoMatthewGolesworthy(organ)andEmilyHallinanfortheirparticipationintonight’sperformance.Youarewelcometorecordaspectsoftheperformancebutkindlyensurethatyourdeviceisonsilent.

Kindlyholdyourapplauseuntiltheendoftheprogramme,afterwhichyouareinvitedtojoinusforaglassofwine.

ProgrammeSongforAthene:SirJohnTavener(1944-2013)/WordsfromHamlet(Shakespeare)andtheOrthodoxChurch

MotherofGod:SirJohnTavener/WordsbyMikhailLermontov(1814-1841,Russia)

TheLamb&TheTyger:SirJohnTavener/WordsbyWilliamBlake(1757-1827,England)

FuneralIkos:SirJohnTavener/WordsfromtheOrderfortheBurialofDeadPriests,translatedfromGreek

Speminalium:ThomasTallis(c.1505-1585,England),arrangedbyMickSwithinbank Speminaliumnunquamhabui Ihaveneverputmyhopeinanyother praeterinte,DeusIsrael, butinYou,OGodofIsrael, quiirascerisetpropitiuseris whocanshowbothangerandgraciousness etomniapeccatahominumintribulationedimittis. andwhoabsolvesallthesinsofsufferingman. DomineDeus,Creatorcaelietterrae, LordGod,Creatorofheavenandearth, respicehumilitatemnostram. bemindfulofourlowliness.

Plainchant GloriaTibiTrinitas/EqualisDeitas. GlorytoYou,OTrinity/Allequal,oneGod. Etanteomniasecula/Etnuncetinperpetua. Frombeforeallages/Now,andforevermore.

Innomine(fromMissaTibiTrinitas):JohnTaverner(c.1490-1545,England) InnomineDomini InthenameoftheLord

Introubleandadversity:JohnTaverner/WordsfromPsalm20

Omagnummysterium:TomásLuisdeVictoria(c.1548-1611,Spain) Omagnummysterium,etadmirabilesacramentum, Ogreatmystery,andwonderfulsacrament, utanimaliaviderentDominumnatum, thatanimalsshouldseethenew-bornLord, jacenteminpraesepio! lyinginamanger! BeataVirgocujusviscera BlessedistheVirginwhosewomb merueruntportareDominumChristum.Alleluia! wasworthytobearChristtheLord.Alleluia!

Ifyeloveme:ThomasTallis/WordsfromJohn14:15-17

Stars:ĒriksEšenvalds(b.1977,Latvia)/WordsbySaraTeasdale(1884-1933,USA)

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