An event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Concert features three contrasting concerts in different parts of Castle Howard, each performed three times, with the audiences changing places between performances.
The concert will be preceded by a Patrons Reception at 6pm.
CHAPEL:
echo Choir
Sarah Latto director
Purcell Hear my prayer
Roxanna Panufnik O Hearken
Tallis O Nata Lux
Tippett Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Morago Oculi Mei
Duruflé Ubi Caritas
Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse Dyevo
Byrd Agnus Dei from Mass for four voices
One of the freshest and most forward-thinking of vocal groups, echo are ensemble in residence at this year’s Ryedale Festival. They journey here from the austere beauty of one Purcell’s greatest motets to an evocative and celebratory piece by Roxanna Panufnik.
LONG GALLERY:
Elias Quartet
Purcell Fantasia
Britten String Quartet no. 2 in C
Benjamin Britten composed this hypnotic, deeply moving string quartet to mark the 250th anniversary of Purcell’s death. It evokes the Suffolk coast, the opera Peter Grimes, the composer’s anguish about the war which had just ended and, above all, the music of Henry Purcell, whose music precedes it.
GREAT HALL:
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Purcell Hear my prayer
Henry Loosemore Fantasy for three viols to the organ
Byrd Prelude in C
Peter Philips Pavane & Galliard ‘Dolorosa’
Antonio de Cabezón Fabordón y glosas del Primer Tono Llano
José Ximénez Batalla del sexto tono
Scheidt Paduana Dolorosa
Schein Die mit Tränen säen
Scheidt Galliard Battaglia
Guami Toccata del secondo tuono
Gabrieli Canzon seconda
This pioneering group of cornett and sackbutt virtuosi delights audiences worldwide with the sound of its noble instruments. Their programme uses the galleries and antiphonal possibilities of Castle Howard’s Great Hall, beginning with Purcell and featuring English, Spanish, German and Italian music from a golden age.
‘There’s great variety among the wonderful split-chorus effects, hypnotic chordal intonations and the lovely spicy harmonic clashes … the performers marvellously project the power, glory and praise of this music.’ – BBC Music Magazine