Unicornis Captivatur

Esplanade Recital Studio

Saturday, 27 March 2010, 08.00PM

Programme
Trond Kverno
Corpus Christi Carol
Hildegard von Bingen
De Martiribus: O victoriosissimi
Tomás Luis da Victoria
Vidi speciosam
Torbjørn Dyrud
Lovesongs I & II
József Karai
Stabat Mater
Bo Holten
Haec Dies
William Byrd
Haec Dies
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Victimae paschali laudes
Ola Gjeilo
Unicornis Captivatur
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Foreword

Welcome to tonight’s Song offerings.  These are songs of the greatest Love, and songs of the ultimate Sacrifice.  We sing of the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys, a garden of spices, an orchard of pomegranates, the apple-tree in the wood, and a world so beloved that a Life was given.  We sing of the falcon and the knight, the lion and the unicorn, the pelican and the hydra – medieval metaphors for the resurrected Christ.  We sing of the slaughtered Lamb and of a Mother’s sorrow, we sing of the solemn joy on Easter morn.  Inviting the North Wind to reanimate our souls, we Sing.