Concert: Schola Albion. In Fields Abroad - Sponsor: Broughton Pianos Fri 26th July 6.30pm St Mary's church Harvington
Join Schola Albion for an evening of beautiful music composed in Elizabethan England by secret Catholics and by their contemporaries in Europe. Conductor Adam Wills Begley presents a panoramic programme of Catholic Renaissance polyphony, juxtaposing cladestine works written under Protestant rule with the opulent works permitted by Catholic monarchs in Italy and the Spanish Netherlands. Madrigals and motets by Philips, Byrd, Tallis, Lassus and Monteverdi evoke a thrilling dialogue between Catholics at home and abroad.
Schola Albion is a professional vocal consort with a mission to restore the polyphonic heritage to the parish church. Founded at the Birmingham Oratory, the Schola is in demand throughout Britain for workshops and recitals that empower local church choirs to tackle the sacred masterworks of the Renaissance.
Adam Wills Begley is the former Director of Music at the Birmingham Oratory and Artistic Director of the Schola de l’Oratoire Saint-Joseph, Montréal. Previously Director of Choirs at Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, and Choral Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Adam has led performances in over 26 countries and in six continents.
David Lewis accompanies on his harpsichord (a modern copy of a single manual Ruckers instrument from 1637 made by Andrew Wooderson of Bexley). He read music and was organ scholar at The University of Keele. Outside his career as an educationist he conducts, sings, and plays both organ and harpsichord.
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Join Schola Albion for an evening of beautiful music composed in Elizabethan England by secret Catholics and by their contemporaries in Europe. Conductor Adam Wills Begley presents a panoramic programme of Catholic Renaissance polyphony, juxtaposing cladestine works written under Protestant rule with the opulent works permitted by Catholic monarchs in Italy and the Spanish Netherlands. Madrigals and motets by Philips, Byrd, Tallis, Lassus and Monteverdi evoke a thrilling dialogue between Catholics at home and abroad.
Schola Albion is a professional vocal consort with a mission to restore the polyphonic heritage to the parish church. Founded at the Birmingham Oratory, the Schola is in demand throughout Britain for workshops and recitals that empower local church choirs to tackle the sacred masterworks of the Renaissance.
Adam Wills Begley is the former Director of Music at the Birmingham Oratory and Artistic Director of the Schola de l’Oratoire Saint-Joseph, Montréal. Previously Director of Choirs at Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, and Choral Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Adam has led performances in over 26 countries and in six continents.
David Lewis accompanies on his harpsichord (a modern copy of a single manual Ruckers instrument from 1637 made by Andrew Wooderson of Bexley). He read music and was organ scholar at The University of Keele. Outside his career as an educationist he conducts, sings, and plays both organ and harpsichord.
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