Our second term during the pandemic continued the previous term’s
sharing of repertoire with our Musical Director’s other choirs in
Huntingdon, Leamington Spa, and Wellingborough. This term was
catchily titled : An Angel, a Nun, and a Red Priest.
After the summer's exploration of the English sound in pastoral,
romantic, and at times simply fun, music by Herbert Howells, the
Autumn term focused on something completely different - the music of
Arcangelo Corelli (our Angel), Isabella Leonarda (our Nun), and
Antonio Vivaldi (our Red Priest).
We welcomed four experts to talk about the music - Candace Smith
from her home in Bologna, Jasmin Cameron from the University of
Aberdeen, Kimberly Marshall from her home in Arizona, and Sarah
Lenton. We learned about connections between the three composers and
both Bach and Handel, about their music for the stage, about the
music of Italian convents in the seventeenth-century, and about
preparing a new edition (from scratch) of Vivaldi’s Gloria.
More information on what we achieved can be found here.
Programme:
Northampton Bach Choir
Conductor - Lee Dunleavy
Christmas Cantata - Arcangelo Corelli arr. Richard Shephard
Magnificat - Isabella Leonarda
Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi |
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