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Thursday 22 May 7pm
The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation present the world premiere performances of three new works by Lucy Walker, Millicent B James and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade.
Angels are all around us. So started a discussion between John Studzinski (philanthropist and founder of the Genesis Foundation) and the late Robert Willis (poet, cleric and Dean of Canterbury Cathedral until 2022). Often angels are introduced into stories and creative art as signs of a spiritual dimension which is beyond our human conceiving. There is in fact a much wider acceptance of the concept of angels in the minds and hearts of people of all faiths and none. Robert was commissioned by John to write a series of poems about Angels as messengers, ministers, warriors and worshippers, with John then commissioning three young composers to set these poems to music.
The result is three wonderfully contrasting works by Lucy Walker, Millicent B James and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, forming the core of a programme devoted to texts reflecting the importance of angels in the present and the past. These new commissions sit alongside works by three great masters of the renaissance, Guerrero, Palestrina and Victoria.
PROGRAMME
Guerrero: Duo Seraphim
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade: The Call of Gideon (new commission)
Palestrina: Ave maris stella
Millicent B. James: The Call of Isaiah (new commission)
Victoria: Ne timeas Maria
14th-century: Angelus ad virginem
Victoria: Alma redemptoris Mater a8
Lucy Walker: The Song of James the Son of Zebedee (new commission)
Palestrina: Angelus Domini descendit de caelis
