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William Whitehead organ/curator
Colm Carey organ/director
Odyssean Ensemble
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV671
Byrd Ne irascaris Domine
Daniel Kidane Gott ist mein Heil (world premiere)
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Wer nun den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV642
Axel Ruoff O Jesu du edle
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Hilf, Gott, dass mir gelinge BWV624
White Lamentations
Jacques Pichard O Jesu wie ist dein Gestalt (UK premiere)
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Wir danken dir BWV623
John Frandsen Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben (world premiere)
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Jesu mein Freude BWV610
Tallis O sacrum convivium
Byrd Ave verum
JS Bach Chorale Prelude Nun danket alle Gott BWV657
Enjoy an intimate evening in the historic surroundings of the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London.
Combining history and the present, hear pieces from JS Bach’s incomplete Orgelbüchlein, an intended ‘handbook’ for organists, alongside new compositions from John Frandsen, Daniel Kidane, Jacques Pichard and Axel Ruoff, brining the Orgelbüchlein into the 21st century.
Among this, the Odyssean Ensemble, led by Colm Carey, perform unaccompanied English choral works written in the 1500s, shortly after the chapel was built. They include Robert’s White Lamentations and William Byrd’s Ne irascaris Domine, a mourning for the desolation of Catholic England.
Running time: 1hr 30min
