Christmas Mirrors
University of Lisbon Youth Choir and Chamber Choir
A journey through Portuguese and English choral music, with works by Fernando Lopes-Graça, Eurico Carrapatoso, Richard Rodney Bennett and John Tavener. This will be a conversation between cultures, space and sound, body and voice, providing an opportunity to listen to pieces which include Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Op. 27.
Programme
Cantemus, Lajos Bardos (1899-1986)
Ya las sombras de la noche, António Marques Lésbio (1639-1709)
Es nascido, Villancico, Dom Pedro de Cristo (1545/1550-1618)
Sã qui turo, Villancico, Anónimo Mosteiro de Santa Cruz de Coimbra (Séc.XVI)
Coventry Carol, Anónimo inglês (Séc. XVI)
O, do not move, John Tavener (1944-2013)
Sweet was the song, Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
Beati quorum via, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Estas casas são mui altas, Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994)
Senhora da Lapa, Eurico Carrapatoso (n.1962)
Estando a virgem à borda do rio, José Croner de Vasconcelos (1910-1974)
José embala o menino, Eurico Carrapatoso
Acordai pastorinhas, Fernando Lopes-Graça
Bendito do Menino, Fernando Lopes-Graça
The Lamb, John Tavener
Lullay mine liking, Richard Rodney Bennett
A hymn to Saint Cecilia, Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Nativity Carol, John Rutter (n. 1945)
Free admission, subject to venue capacity. Collect tickets at the venue on the day of the show, from 7:30 pm onwards (max. of 2 tickets per person)
Credits:
Érica Mandillo - Artistic Director of the University of Lisbon Youth Choir
Luís Almeida - Artistic Director of the University of Lisbon Chamber Choir
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