--
--
Find a Christian church anywhere, and you will likely find four figures represented in its architecture, artwork and iconography. Angels, doing God’s work on Earth and guarding over humanity; Demons, the representation of all evil and temptation at play in the world; the Virgin Mary, the figure of purity, perfection and humility; and Christ, the Son of God whose life and teaching sits at the centre of the Christian faith. Using these four symbols and also Geoffrey Poole’s dramatic Wyndomham Chants (1970) as our guide, Angels and Demons collects together extraordinary choral music written over 500 years, to explore both the light and the darkness of the human experience, and its potent symbolism in Christianity.
--
PROGRAMME:
Angels
Geoffrey Poole Prologue: Ave rex angelorum (from Wymondham Chants)
Edward Bairstow Psalm 67
William Byrd Haec dies
Demons
Geoffrey Poole Scherzo: Tutivillus (from Wymondham Chants)
Arvo Pärt Zwei Beter
William Byrd Miserere mei Deus
Mother
Judith Bingham Ave virgo sanctissima
G.P da Palestrina Regina Caeli
Geoffrey Poole Prayer: Mary Modyr (from Wymondham Chants)
Son
Hildegard von Bingen O Euchari (Antiphon)
Hans Leo Hassler Cantate Domino
Maurice Duruflé Ubi caritas
Geoffrey Poole Epilogue: Blessed Jesu (from Wymondham Chants)
Interval
Songs of harmony and hope
