Sunday 9 February, 18.30 at St Martin's Church


Deborah Roberts Memorial Concert

EVENT OVER. A concert to celebrate the life of BREMF's late artistic director Deborah Roberts.

Date & Time: Sunday 9 February, 18.30

Ticket price: Free

Venue: St Martin's Church


Join us to celebrate the life of BREMF’s late artistic director Deborah Roberts BEM.

The programme includes individual and combined performances by many of the ensembles and young artists Deborah founded, mentored and encouraged – see below for details.

The concert will be followed by a post-concert reception to which all are invited.

This is a free event, with donations to BREMF encouraged. These will be added to the Deborah Roberts Memorial Fund to support and continue the projects that Deborah championed and loved.

Programme


Josquin des Prez
c.1450-1521
Qui habitat in adjutorio altissimi

Giuseppe Scarani
fl. 1628-1642
Sonata Prima a 2 Op. 1

Claudio Monteverdi
1567-1643
Hor che'l ciel e la terra

Hildegard of Bingen
1098-1179
O clarissima mater performed by Voice

Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
Auf meinen Flügeln sollst du schweben from Cantata BWV 213 performed by Apollo's Cabinet

William Byrd
c.1540-1623
Civitas sancti tui performed by BREMF Consort of Voices

William Boyce
1711-1779
Symphony No. 2 1st movement performed by the BREMF 415 Workshop Orchestra

Francesca Caccini
1587-c.1641
Scenes from La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina

- interval -

John Blow
1649-1708
Excerpts from Venus and Adonis

Traditional British folksong arr. Muthuswami Dikshitar in Nottuswaram c.1800 Paradevate Bhava performed by Ensemble Tempus Fugit

Anonymous 13th century from Dublin Troper / Cotton Fragments Angelus ad virginem performed by BREMF Community Choir

Anonymous 15th century from Selden MS Ecce quod natura performed by Rune

Margarita Cozzolani
1602-c.1677
Magnificat a 8 performed by Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens

Alessandro Striggio
1536/7-1592
Ecce beatam lucem (motet in 40 parts)

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