Sion Deserta Est - A Concert by the Luceat Choir

for 2 hours
Clare, St Peter & St Paul
High Street Clare Suffolk, CO10 8NY, United Kingdom
(‘Luceat translates as shine, which is just what this choir does’, Organist’s Review 2021 5*)

In this programme of sixteenth-century polyphony, the up-and-coming Luceat Choir surveys the profound and sublime output of the English Reformation Catholic composers.
This survey is most aptly consolidated in the music of William Byrd, in the year of his 400th anniversary. His music perfectly articulates the turbulence of the period, whilst simultaneously demonstrating a remarkable technical balance of nostalgia and forward looking.
The programme takes in the opportunity to explore his more cosmopolitan connections, notably with Clemens non Papa.

There can be no finer venues to encounter this sublime repertoire than the stunning architecture of Suffolk’s mighty wool churches, themselves possessing many remarkable survivors of Reformation iconoclasm.
We look forward to welcoming you.

Conductor: James Fellows
Organist: Daniel Mathieson

Regina coeli Plainchant
Regina coeli Robert White
‘Gloria’ from Missa Salve Intermata Thomas Tallis
Salve Regina Plainchant
Ave Maria Robert Parsons
Lamentation a5 Robert White
Tristitia et anxietas Clemens non Papa
Tristitia et anxietas William Byrd
Assumpta est maria William Byrd
Alleluia, Assumpta est Maria Plainchant
Ego Flos campi Clemens non Papa
Ne irascaris, Domine-Civitas sancti tui William Byrd

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Wixoe, St Leonard

St Leonard is the patron Saint of prisoners, and only a couple of Suffolk churches are dedicated to him. Despite the entirely 19th century windows, the church is clearly of Norman origins and the walls slope significantly towards each other as they approach the east. Perhaps there was once an apse. The bell-turret is a tribute to the proximity of Essex, and inside the south porch the doorway confirms your theory about the Normans.

The Victorians undertook a major restoration and the overwhelming feeling inside is of 1880s gloom. This isn't as dull as it sounds, for the church is neat and well-kept, and provides a document of, and testimony to, parish life over the last couple of centuries. The only medieval survival is the font, but there are a couple of nice 18th century memorials, including one with a splendid skull.

(With thanks to Simon Knott - http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wixoe.htm)

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Sion Deserta Est - A Concert by the Luceat Choir

for 2 hours
Clare, St Peter & St Paul
High Street Clare Suffolk, CO10 8NY, United Kingdom

(‘Luceat translates as shine, which is just what this choir does’, Organist’s Review 2021 5*)

In this programme of sixteenth-century polyphony, the up-and-coming Luceat Choir surveys the profound and sublime output of the English Reformation Catholic composers.
This survey is most aptly consolidated in the music of William Byrd, in the year of his 400th anniversary. His music perfectly articulates the turbulence of the period, whilst simultaneously demonstrating a remarkable technical balance of nostalgia and forward looking.
The programme takes in the opportunity to explore his more cosmopolitan connections, notably with Clemens non Papa.

There can be no finer venues to encounter this sublime repertoire than the stunning architecture of Suffolk’s mighty wool churches, themselves possessing many remarkable survivors of Reformation iconoclasm.
We look forward to welcoming you.

Conductor: James Fellows
Organist: Daniel Mathieson

Regina coeli Plainchant
Regina coeli Robert White
‘Gloria’ from Missa Salve Intermata Thomas Tallis
Salve Regina Plainchant
Ave Maria Robert Parsons
Lamentation a5 Robert White
Tristitia et anxietas Clemens non Papa
Tristitia et anxietas William Byrd
Assumpta est maria William Byrd
Alleluia, Assumpta est Maria Plainchant
Ego Flos campi Clemens non Papa
Ne irascaris, Domine-Civitas sancti tui William Byrd

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