Planning Ideas
Featured proposals:
Poetry in Music: George Herbert
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
Read the introduction to this programme...| Judith Weir: Love bade me welcome |
| Alec Roth: I will move thee |
| James MacMillan: To My Successor |
| Nathan James Dearden: Full of sweet days |
| Judith Weir: Vertue |
| Alec Roth: The Flower |
| Alec Roth: Men & Angels |
If instruments are available, the programme continues as follows...
| Roxanna Panufnik: The Call |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs |
Alternatively, if performing a cappella...
| Herbert Howells: Sweetest of sweets |
| Alec Roth: Shared Ground |
Byrd Takes Flight
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Music on the Edge (saxophone and flute)
Read the introduction to this programme...| William Byrd - Ave verum corpus |
| Shruthi Rajasekar - Byrd Transubstantiated (new commission after Byrd's 'Ave verum') |
| William Byrd - Rorate caeli desuper |
| Derri Joseph Lewis - Rorate caeli desuper (new commission after Byrd's 'Rorate caeli') |
| William Byrd - Ne irascaris, Domine |
| Anna Semple - Ecce respice populus tuus (new commission after Byrd's 'Ne irascaris') |
| William Byrd - Vigilate |
| Harry Baker - Vigilate (new commission after Byrd's 'Vigilate') |
Women’s Voices
Read the introduction to this programme...
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)| Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow |
| Hilary Campbell - Our endless day |
| Carol J Jones - All shall be well |
| Amy Beach - Three Flower Songs, Op. 31 (choir only) |
| Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures |
| Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo) |
| Gemma McGregor - Love was his meaning |
| Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna |
| Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group |
Other Collaborations:
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 |
Revoiced: Voices and Saxophones
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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 |
| Sarah Rimkus, arr. Sarah Rimkus - Mater Dei |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist, from Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 |
| George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - Water Music Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350, Minuet II |
| Andrea Gabrieli, arr. Freddie Crowley - O salutaris hostia |
| Johann Michael Bach - Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr |
| Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Ich weiss das main Erlöser lebt |
| Owain Park - Miserere after Allegri |
| Interval |
| Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570 |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Selig sind die Toten, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 |
| Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Johann Christoph Bach - Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben |
| James MacMillan, arr. Freddie Crowley - Christus vincit |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns , from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
Revoiced: Voices and Saxophones, plus Vaughan Williams
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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 |
| Andrea Gabrieli, arr. Freddie Crowley - O salutaris hostia |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 |
| Owain Park - Miserere after Allegri |
| Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Ich weiss dass mein Erlöser lebt |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist, from Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 |
| James MacMillan, arr. Freddie Crowley - Christus vincit |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns , from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Freddie Crowley - In Windsor Forest |
An improvisatory exploration of Renaissance soundworlds
The Corvus Consort presents an improvisatory exploration of Renaissance soundworlds in collaboration with Music on the Edge.
Read the introduction to this programme... Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Music on the Edge (saxophone and flute)
Example hour-long programme:
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 |
Further proposals:
Beauty, prayer and devotion
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
Read the introduction to this programme...
Read the introduction to this programme...
| Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum |
| Raffaella Aleotti: Surge, propera amica mea |
| Jonathan Dove: In Beauty May I Walk |
| James MacMillan: Dominus dabit benignitatem |
| William Byrd: Diliges Dominum |
| Judith Weir: Ave Regina caelorum |
| Anna Semple: Ad te, Domine |
| Arvo Pärt: The Deer's Cry |
| Interval |
| Thomas Tallis: Sancte Deus |
| Alec Roth: Men & Angels |
| Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater |
| Diogo Dias Melgás: Salve Regina |
| Sulpitia Cesis: Stabat Mater |
| Hilary Campbell: Ave Maria |
| Cecilia McDowall: Alma redemptoris Mater |
| Pierre de la Rue: O salutaris hostia |
Programmes for Lent: Reproaches, Lamentation and Penitence
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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
A choice of two programmes: full-length concert or hour-long programme
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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 |