May
16
7:30 PM19:30

A Venetian Vespers for Ascension

  • St Paul's Knightsbridge, 32a Wilton Place, SW1X 8SH (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 'Fèsta de ła Sènsa' was a major celebration of Venice’s glory, as the Doge and his elaborate flotilla sailed out into the lagoon to throw a gold ring into the water, renewing the ritual marriage between the city and the sea. To conjure the spirit of this splendid occasion, Andrew Griffiths and Londinium recreate a grand service of Vespers, including a Magnificat and five psalms by the incomparable Claudio Monteverdi, and perform lavish madrigals and motets by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Croce and others appropriate to the secular festivities. Two of the world's leading period instrument groups — the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and the Monteverdi String Band — join the choir to bring to life the sumptuous sounds of early Baroque Venice. 

Tickets include a complimentary programme.

 
 
 
 

The Music
Andrea Gabrieli: Vieni, vieni Himeneo
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani: Deus in adiutorium
Claudio Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus II
[Instrumental]
Monteverdi: Confitebor III
Giovanni Croce: Percussit Saul mille
Monteverdi: Beatus vir I
Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
- interval -
Giovanni Gabrieli: Udite, chiari e generosi figli d'Adria felice
Monteverdi: Laudate pueri II
[Instrumental]
Monteverdi: Laudate Dominum II
Andrea dei Grifoni: Salutis humanae Sator
Monteverdi: Magnificat I

 
View Event →
Mar
27
7:30 PM19:30

A Farewell to Arms: music for choir and cello

  • St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road, SE1 8TY (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Londinium is joined by acclaimed collaborative cellist Clare O'Connell for an evening of luminous and meditative music exploring themes of conflict, loss, resilience, and hope. Our programme is anchored by two masterpieces for cello and choir: John Tavener's haunting Svyati, in which the cello represents the Ikon of Christ, and Richard Rodney Bennett's warm-hearted A Farewell to Arms, in which it embodies a war-weary soldier. Woven around them is a sequence of classic motets by Tallis, Dering and Schütz, heartfelt works by Joubert and Mauersberger, and radiant recent music by Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton, and Lucy Walker. 

On concert day tickets are available online until 3pm, and on the door from 7pm. They include a complimentary programme, and wine will be served in the interval.

 
 
 
 
Read Programme

The Music
Lucy Walker: There will come soft rains
Richard Dering: Factum est silentium 
John Joubert: Lines from "The Youth of Man" 
Barbara Strozzi, arr. O'Connell: Che si può fare (with solo cello)
Fernando de las Infantas: Congregati sunt inimici nostri 
Rudolf Mauersberger: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst 
John Tavener: Svyati (with solo cello)
- interval - 
Gabriel Jackson: In memoriam
Howard Skempton: After Rain (with solo cello)
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux
John Joubert: Let There Be Light
Heinrich Schütz: Verleih uns Frieden
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Farewell to Arms (with solo cello)
Lucy Walker: I saw eternity

 
View Event →