The Cambridge Taverner Choir, director Owen Rees
Sunday 18 March, at 7:30
Programme includes:
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo | O magnum mysterium | O Jesu mi dulcissime | In ecclesiis | Hodie completi sunt
Heinrich Schütz: O bone Jesu | Ach Herr, du schöpfer | Deutsches Magnificat | Herr wenn ich | Selig sind die toten | Singet dem herrn
In 1609-12 the young Heinrich Schütz stayed in Venice to study with one of Europe's most famous musicians, Giovanni Gabrieli, and to learn the modern Italian styles of composition with him. Schütz went on to become the principal composer of sacred music in these expressive Baroque styles in northern Europe.
For this concert, the choir will be joined by I Musici Della Contessa, a small instrumental ensemble comprising cornetts, sackbuts, curtal and continuo.
Tickets: £12 (£10 if booked in advance) available from Hall's Bookshop, Chapel Place or email kcmconcerts@blueyonder.co.uk
Owen Rees
Owen Rees is Fellow and Director of Music at The Queen’s College, Oxford. Through his work as director of the Cambridge Taverner Choir, Contrapunctus, and The Queen's College Choir he has brought to the concert hall and recording studio substantial repertories of magnificent Renaissance and Baroque music, including many previously unknown or little-known works from Spain and Portugal. His interpretations of these repertories have been acclaimed as ‘rare examples of scholarship and musicianship combining to result in performances that are both impressive and immediately attractive to the listener’, and he has been described as ‘one of the most energetic and persuasive voices’ in this field.
He has conducted at festivals in the UK, USA, and throughout Europe, and is increasingly busy as a leader of workshops on performance of Renaissance polyphony. He has broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and on Portuguese, Spanish, and Norwegian radio. He has released CD recordings on the Hyperion, Herald, Guild and Unicorn Kanchana labels, to consistently high critical acclaim.
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