Peter Leech Conductor
Nigel Nash Organ
This concert was a ‘thank you’ to our wonderful and
supportive patrons. They enjoyed a beautiful summer evening in the stunning
setting of
Malmesbury’s 12th century Abbey. The sun threw its last rays through the vast west-facing
window, bathing the Cotswold-stone with a warm glowing light. The programme followed suit, with the choir opening with the English
composer Thomas Tallis, then performing Bach’s O Jesu Christ meins lebens
licht, before attempting to capture the ‘holy light’
Bruckner endeavoured to reflect in his music.
The evening was a quiet celebration of the sacred and sublime by composers that spanned five centuries and as many countries.
| Thomas Tallis (c.1506-85) | In manus Tuas |
| J S Bach (1685-1750) | O Jesu Christ mein's Lebens Licht |
| Anton Bruckner (1834-96) | Locus iste Os justi |
| J S Bach | Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (Nigel Nash, organ) |
| S Rachmaninov (1873-1943) | Priiditye pokhlonimsya (Vespers op.37, no.1) Blazhen muzh (Vespers no.3) |
| Anton Arensky (1861-1906) | Otche nash (Lord's Prayer) |
| P Tchaikovsky (1840-93) | Dostoino yest |
| Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| A Lotti (c.1667-1740) | Crucifixus |
| W A Mozart (1756-91) | Ave verum corpus |
| Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) | Prelude & Fugue in B major Op 7 (Nigel Nash, organ) |
| Thomas Tallis | O sacrum convivium O nata lux |
| Malcolm Archer (b.1952) | Creator of the stars of night |
| Arvo Pärt (b.1935) | Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria) |