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The Marian Consort

'For delighting the people' - A Jacobean Christmas

(Fri 1 Dec 2023 8.00pm  Little Missenden Church)

 

Orlando Gibbons See, see the word is incarnate

John Amner O ye little flock; Lo, how from heaven

William Byrd Lullaby; This day Christ was born; An Earthly Tree / Cast off all doubtful care

John Bull The star anthem; Een kindeken ist ons geboren

Anon Sweet was the song

Martin Peerson Upon my lap my Sovereign sits

Robert Parsons Ave Maria

Thomas Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Deo

Orlando Gibbons Behold, I bring you glad tidings

Plus audience carols: While shepherds watched, Boar’s Head

 

This seasonal programme features early English composers at their most unbuttoned and celebratory, with music written for the famously festive Stuart court. Alongside these are more intimate, introspective sacred works from a golden age of English composers – Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes and Bull – that in some cases belie their creators’ often colourful personal lives.

Led by their Artistic Director Rory McCleery, the Marian Consort is a flexible, intimate ensemble, displaying clarity of texture and subtlety of interpretation that illuminate the music for performer and audience alike. They feature regularly on BBC Radio 3, and have released 14 highly praised recordings. They’ve performed at the Festival several times, most recently last year when we heard their marvellous programme of recusant music. They are firm favourites.

“The performances are models of discretion and musical taste, every texture clear, every phrase beautifully shaped” The Guardian

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Online booking is managed by TicketSource. This event may be booked from the Tickets link on this page but, when booking for multiple events, it may be more convenient to use our Little Missenden Festival page on TicketSource.

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Fri 1 Dec 2023 8.00pm

Little Missenden Church

£28, £20, £11

Online booking is managed by TicketSource. This event may be booked from the Tickets link on this page but, when booking for multiple events, it may be more convenient to use our Little Missenden Festival page on TicketSource.

The Marian Consort sing Byrd's Domine, praestolamur