Ex Cathedra — Spitalfields Music Summer Festival

Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor

As the sun sets on Shoreditch Church, join Ex Cathedra for a midsummer concert by candlelight.

This choral pilgrimage moves through madrigals by Thomas Morley to Britten’s delicate Flower Songs, contemporary works by James MacMillan, and Gershwin’s enduring Summertime, sprinkled with readings from across the ages.

"Skidmore and his choir do this sort of thing superbly.” The Arts Desk

Approximate end time: 10.30pm (no interval)

Full programme

Rogers Hymnus Eucharisticus
Anon. Summer is icumen in
Thomas Morley Now is the month of Maying
John Joubert Three Portraits
Britten Excerpts from Flower Songs
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Gershwin Summertime
Bruce Welch & Brian Bennett Summer Holiday
Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown Singin’ in the rain
Edward Elgar The Shower
Alec Roth The Flower
James MacMillan So deep
Wilbye Draw on sweet night
Parry Sunset and evening star
Plainchant Te lucis ante terminum