Spitalfields Summer Festival


Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/06/2016
7:00 pm

Location
Christ Church Spitalfields


Spitalfields Summer Festival

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Raphael Wallfisch | cello
Graham Ross | conductor

Striggio Ecce beatam lucem
Schütz Die mit Tränen säen werden mit Freuden ernten; Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391
Giles Swayne The Silent Land
Tavener Svyati
Tye Lord, let thy servant
Taverner Dum transisset Sabbatum
Tallis Spem in alium

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Spitalfields Festival, the Choir of Clare College Cambridge presents Tallis’s soaring 40-part Spem in alium alongside the work that inspired its creation, Striggio’s Ecce beatam lucem.

Joined by acclaimed cellist Raphael Wallfisch, the programme includes Giles Swayne’s anguished The Silent Land for 40 voices and cello, premiered in Christ Church by Clare College Choir almost 20 years ago.

Friday 10 June 2016, 7pm, with post-concert Q&A at 8.30pm
Tickets: £35, £28, £20, £10, £5