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23 Jul 2012, Cadogan Hall
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Proms 2012 Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae

Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae
13:00 Mon 23 Jul 2012 Cadogan Hall
Choral group Tenebrae explores 400 years of music evoking the bustle of London’s streets, from Gibbons to the present day.
Choral group Tenebrae explores 400 years of music evoking the bustle of London’s streets, from Gibbons to the present day.

Programme

      • First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) – selection(8 mins)
      • The Cryes of London(7 mins)
      • Sorowfull Songes(10 mins)91Èȱ¬ commission: world premiere
      • Street Songs – selection(22 mins)

Performers

About this event

The acclaimed vocal ensemble Tenebrae makes its Proms debut in a programme showcasing the hustle and bustle of London in the early 17th century. Orlando Gibbons adds viols to the voices depicting the cries of street-vendors and beggars, while Steve Martland's present-day setting opts for the marimba. Julian Philips also bridges London ancient and modern with a new work setting an excerpt from the first anthology of English poetry, Tottel's Miscellany, published in London in 1557.

There will be no interval