Marian Consort & Berkeley Ensemble — Spitalfields Music Summer Festival

The Marian Consort
The Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth conductor

Celebrating a programme of British composers, two of the country’s leading young ensembles come together to explore bold and fiendish music by father and son Lennox and Michael Berkeley, the current Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir, and two recent works by young composers Matthew Martin and Hilary Campbell.

At the heart of the programme is one of Lennox Berkeley’s finest and most substantial sacred works, the Stabat Mater, a stunning depiction of the human predicament centring on Mary’s suffering during Christ’s crucifixion.

Approximate end time: 9.30pm

Full programme

Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum
Matthew Martin Ave virgo sanctissima
Michael Berkeley Catch me if you can
Hilary Campbell Ave Maria
Michael Berkeley Touch Light
Lennox Berkeley Stabat Mater

Pre-concert talk

7.00pm – 7.30pm
Learn more about tonight’s programme from BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny.
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