Good Friday at Wells Cathedral

Friday 15th Apr 2022, 7:30 pm
Wells Cathedral, Wells, BA5 2UE

Bath Camerata
Benjamin Kirk – conductor

Prayers and Penitence: Music for Good Friday

We are delighted to be returning to the stunning setting of Wells Cathedral for this Good Friday performance, under the direction of our new Musical Director, Benjamin Kirk. Benjamin has created a beautiful and fitting programme, including works by Gesualdo, Vittoria, Howells and Vaughan Williams. The concert also features Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek’s Taaveti laul Nr. 22 (Psalm 22), and Knut Nystedt’s moving Prayers of Kierkegaard, full of the composer’s Nordic sound world of lush harmonic textures.

Admission is free of charge, with a retiring collection for ‘Music in Wells’. No need to pre-book. The performance runs for just over an hour and without an interval.

FULL PROGRAMME

Thomas TOMKINS Dear Lord of Life
Cyrillus KREEK Taaveti laul 22 / Psalm 22
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Knut NYSTEDT Prayers of Kierkegaard
T. L. de VITTORIA Motet O Quam Gloriosum
Carlo GESUALDO Sancti Spiritus Domine
Orlando di LASSO Adorna thala mum
Cristóbal de MORALES Simile est regnum caelorum
Antonio LOTTI Crucifixus à 8
Herbert HOWELLS Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

This concert is possible thanks to the support of William Haley Engineering Limited.

For a sneak-preview of the Nystedt work, here’s a short video of a recent rehearsal in progress: Knut Nystedt – Lord Jesus Christ – YouTube