Vasari Singers – Lenten Concert: Miserere

We are delighted to welcome the Vasari Singers back to St Bride’s on Thursday 27th February for a concert of reflective choral music for Lent entitled “Miserere” in the group’s favourite venue.

Programme

The achingly beautiful 10-part Lotti Crucifixus gives way to three sections (including the joyous ‘Et resurrexit’) from Bach’s matchless Mass in B minor. Poulenc’s Lenten Motets follow and the first half closes with the extraordinarily powerful Miserere by James MacMillan, a brilliant contemporary companion piece to Allegri’s famous Miserere.

Works by two composers from the first part of the 20th century fill the second half: Frank Bridge’s unjustly neglected and radiant A Prayer, and Gerald Finzi’s uplifting Lo, the full, final sacrifice with its soaring vocal lines and exquisite final ‘Amen’.

Join them to mark the coming season of Lent and experience the beauty, hope and sense of optimism that this music can bring the listener.

Vasari Singers was founded in 1980 and is regarded as one of the leading non-professional chamber choirs in Britain.

Under the direction of its founder-conductor Jeremy Backhouse, Vasari Singers performs a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to contemporary.

Admission

Tickets cost £25, £15 for Under 30s, £10 for Under 18s.