Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music
4th-8th September 2007
Tenebrae
Nigel Short (director, Tenebrae)
Raschèr Saxopone Quartet
Pre-concert talk: Giya Kancheli
Saturday 8 September, 6.15pm
St Augustine's Church, Penarth
Saturday 8 September, 7.30pm
St Augustine's Church, Penarth
| Composer | Composer's Work | Length |
|---|---|---|
| John Tavener | Song for Athene (SATB) | 7' |
| Ivan Moody | The Prophecy of Symeon (SATB) | 9' |
| Ross Edwards | Ulpirra (solo soprano sax) | 2' |
| Ross Edwards | Mountain Chant - 'Three Sacred Choruses'(SATB) | 15' |
| John Tavener | Hymn to the Mother of God (SATB) | 3' |
| Howard Skempton | The Song of Sonds (TTBB) | 6' |
| Giya Kancheli | Amao omi (SATB & sax quartet)
UK Premiere |
27' |
A fitting finale to the Festival, with choral music from all five of this year’s composers. The superlative Tenebrae are joined by Europe’s foremost saxophone quartet in Kancheli’s anguished lament on the senselessness of war.
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