Planning Ideas
A feast of Bach!
Rachel Podger (violin) and Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
The Corvus Consort joins forces with Rachel Podger in a double-bill of concerts featuring Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006, alongside his six choral Motets, BWV 225-230.
With three motets interspersed amongst three solo violin works in each concert, the fragile beauty of Bach’s writing for solo violin sits in striking relief against the rich and masterful polyphony of the choral motets.
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Music from the Bach family
Rachel Podger (violin) and Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
Read the introduction to this programme...
| Johann Michael Bach - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159 |
| Johann Michael Bach - Ich weiss das main Erlöser lebt |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No. 1 for solo violin in G minor, BWV 1001 |
| Johann Christoph Bach - Merk auf, mein Herz |
| Interval |
| Johann Michael Bach - Halt, was du hast |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No. 3 for solo violin in E major, BWV 1006 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 |
"Eastern Pictures"
| Josef Rheinberger - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen |
| Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures |
| Hilary Campbell - Our endless day |
| Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo) |
| Amy Beach - Dusk in June (choir only) |
| Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow |
| Interval |
| Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group |
| Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie (harp solo) |
| Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna |
| Gustav Holst - Ave Maria (choir only) |
| John Hearne - Alba |
An improvisatory exploration of Renaissance soundworlds
Read the introduction to this programme... Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Music on the Edge (saxophone and flute)
Example hour-long programme:
| Plainchant - Ave maris stella |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Ave maris stella |
| William Byrd - Ave verum corpus |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - O vos omnes |
| Improvisation - Saxophone, Flute and Church Bells |
| Thomas Tallis - Sancte Deus |
| Orlande de Lassus - Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selection) |
| Cristóbal de Morales - O magnum mysterium |
| Plainchant - Kyrie De Angelis |
Revoiced: Baroque music for choir and saxophones
| Giovanni Gabrieli - O magnum mysterium |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Nun ich weiss du wirst mir stillen, from Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (sax quartet only) |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - O quam gloriosum (choir only) |
| Arcangelo Corelli, arr. Iain Farrington - Adagio from Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8, Christmas Concerto (sax quartet only) |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Ich weiss das mein Erlöser lebt, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Interval |
| Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570 (sax quartet only) |
| Henry Purcell - Remember not, Lord, our offences (choir only) |
| William Byrd, arr. Iain Farrington - Pavane and Gigue no. 2 in A minor, Earl of Salisbury (sax quartet only) |
| William Byrd - Ave verum corpus (choir only) |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Selig sind die Toten, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Johann Michael Bach - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil |
| Johann Christoph Bach - Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben (choir only) |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist, from Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 |
Renaissance Symbolism: Music and Astronomy
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
Programme created and first performed for the Kings Lynn Festival 2019 for the festival theme of 'Music and Astronomy'.
| Anon. - Ave maris stella (plainchant) |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Ave maris stella |
| Orlande de Lassus - Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selection) |
| Reading or instrumental item |
| Orlande de Lassus - Exsultet caelum mare |
| Orlande de Lassus - Aurora lucis rutilat |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein (chorale) |
| James MacMillan - Ave maris stella |
| Reading or instrumental item |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Viri Galilaei |
| William Byrd - Viri Galilaei |
| Anon. - Viri Galilaei (plainchant) |
Programmes for Lent: Reproaches, Lamentation and Penitence
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
A choice of two programmes: full-length concert or hour-long programme
——————————Full-length concert programme
This full-length concert programme explores how composers from the Renaissance to the present day have responded to Lenten themes of repentance, lamentation and petitions for mercy.
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Popule meus |
| Freddie Crowley - Stabat Mater |
| Vicente Lusitano - Emendemus in melius |
| Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence |
| Interval |
| John Sanders - The Reproaches |
| William Byrd - Ne irascaris, Domine |
| James MacMillan - Miserere |
Hour-long programme
This hour-long programme juxtaposes Renaissance and 20th-century soundworlds by interspersing Francis Poulenc’s atmospheric Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence with works by Renaissance composers Thomas Tallis and Tomás Luis de Victoria.
| Thomas Tallis - Sancte Deus |
| Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Timor et tremor |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: Recessit pastor noster |
| Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Vinea mea electa |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: O vos omnes |
| Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Tenebrae factae sunt |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: Ecce quomodo moritur justus |
| Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Tristis et anima mea |
| Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus |
Some other works that could be featured in similar programmes:
| Robert White - Miserere mei, Deus |
| Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah |
| Edgar Day - When I survey the wondrous cross |