“Renewal” traces the quiet shift from night’s stillness towards morning, as the first light slowly emerges from the silence of darkness.

Performed by Continuum , "Renewal" is a celebration of choral music moving from darkness into light, tracing a journey through stillness, reflection and the gradual return of morning. Renaissance and contemporary works sit side by side in a programme that includes a new Continuum commission by Alexander Hopkins and a recent Continuum commission by Stuart Beer. The concert culminates in the dawn-like radiance of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Salutation.

The performance forms part of the continuing partnership between Clare Hall and Continuum Choir, bringing outstanding choral music to audiences across Cambridge.

*Please note that this concert will take place in Clare College Chapel, Cambridge, CB2 1TL.

Programme

Robert White - Christe qui lux es et dies III

Kerensa Briggs - Media Vita

Nicolas Gombert - Media Vita

John Ireland arr. Michael Leighton-Jones - Nunc Dimittis

Francis Poulenc - Salve Regina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Salve Regina a5

Alexander Hopkins - Christe qui lux es et dies (new commission)

-Interval-

Heinrich Schütz - Selig sind die toten

Ethel Smyth - Gib dich zu frieden

Max Reger - Abendlied Op.39 No.2

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

Stuart Beer - Praise

Ēriks Ešenvalds - Salutation

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