WORLD'S END
‘World’s End’ is an exploration of apocalyptic thought - from biblical depictions of the Day of Judgement, through to huge political upheavals in the 20th and 21st century. A recital that reflects and dissects the current political climate.
Dies irae (plainchant)
William Byrd - Terra tremuit
Antoine Brumel - Qui Sedes from 'Missa et ecce terrae motus' (Earthquake mass)
Orlando Lasus - Timor et tremor
Improvisation based on ANOHNI - ‘Hopelessness'
Paul Hindemith - Puisque tout passe
Johannes Brahms - Fahr Wohl
Shona Malanga - traditional Zulu
Benjamin Britten - Advance Democracy
Phillip Glass - Quand les hommes vivront d’amour
INNOCENCE
A programme of purity and corruption, with Herbert Howells' 'Requiem' at its centre. Exploring Biblical ideas of original sin, childhood and the innocence of sleep, through to the inevitability of the end of innocence.
Herbert Howells - Requiem
Maurice Ravel - Nicolette - from ‘Trois Chansons’
Improvisation on 'Baiskeli' - trad. Swahili
Howard Skempton - He wishes for the cloths of heaven
Hildegard von Bingen - extracts from 'Ordo Virtutum'
Diogo Dias Melgas - Salve Regina
Robert Parsons - Ave Maria
Gabriel Fauré - Les Berceaux
Henry Purcell - Hush, no more - from ’The Fairy Queen’
Ivor Gurney - Sleep
Improvisation on ‘All the Pretty Little Horses’ - trad. American