19 May 2012
St Michael le Belfrey, York
7.30 pm (ends c.9.30 pm)
Tickets £14 (£12)
Celebrated Psalms
Settings of psalm texts by Sweelinck, Tye, Dering, Philips, Gibbons, Tomkins, Lassus, Schütz and Gabrieli.
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
(attr. his brother, Gerrit P. Sweelinck)
This programme explores the response of different composers from across Europe to the same psalm texts, variously in Latin, English and German. Each composer responds in an individual way, enlightening and illustrating the meaning and providing music of both simplicity and richness.
