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Musical Director
Malcolm Cottle

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The centrepiece of London Concord Singers Easter concert on March 25th is a grouping of 4 settings of the moving Biblical text, When David heard that Absalom was dead. Settings by three 16th century English composers, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Tomkins and Robert Ramsey, use false relations and dense chromatic harmony to bring out the meaning of the text, whereas contemporary American composer Eric Whitacre's setting makes a profound use of silence.

Accompanying these pieces will be a rare sacred piece by the 19th century opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. German born but with a career spanning Italian and French opera houses, Meyerbeer's grand setting of Psalm91 in German for double choir was written late in his life for Berlin Cathedral.

Also in the concert are motets by the contemporary English composer Cecilia McDowell and by the contemporary Polish composer Romuald Twardowski.

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Full programme:-
Eric Whitacre - When David heard
Giacomo Meyerbeer - Psalm 91
Cecilia McDowall - I know that my redeemer liveth
Romuald Twardowski - O Salutaris Hostia
Romuald Twardowski - Lauda Sion
Thomas Weelkes - When David heard
Thomas Tomkins - When David Heard
Robert Ramsey - When David Heard
Zoltan Kodály - Jésus és a Kufárok (Jesus and the Traders)

7.30pm Thursday March 25th 2010
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA 
London Concord Singers, conductor Malcolm Cottle
Tickets: £10 (concessions £6), includes a glass of wine available in advance from Islington Music, telephone 020 7354 3195

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