CITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Free Winter Series

The following concerts, at venues other than Bishopsgate Institute,
are promoted by the City Music Society as part of the Free Winter Series 2008:

Wednesday 13 February 2008
St Sepulchre's Holborn Viaduct, EC4
EXAUDI
Plainsong	Alieni insurrexerunt - Deus in nomine tuo
Gesualdo	Three Tenebrae Responsories
Wolfgang Rihm	Seven Passion Texts (2 movements)
Tallis & Byrd	Motets from Cantiones Sacrae, 1575
Exaudi is recognised as one of Britain's most exciting young new music ensembles, with a reputation for audacious programming and high-definition performance of contemporary vocal repertoire. But it draws inspiration for its sound from that of early music ensembles, a strong but focused tone that is ideal for the performance of harmonically intricate contemporary music and this programme demonstrates Exaudi's fascinating ability to combine the new with the old.

Wednesday 12 March 2008
St Bride's, Fleet Street
RETROSPECT CLARA SANABRAS voice, lutes & director CLARE SALAMAN violin, hurdy-gurdy & nickelharpa SUSANNE HEINRICH viols
Songs for Sunken Cities
Retropect is one of the most distinctive groups performing music of the past. In this fascinating new programme they perform Breton lais, medieval ballads, 17th-century airs de cours, plainsong and traditional songs of the sea, led by the haunting, clear soprano voice of Clara Sanabras.

Wednesday 19 March 2008
Guildhall Art Gallery
NIA HARRIS cello CLAIRE JONES harp
J P Bréval	Sonata No. 5 in G
Granville Bantock	Hamabdil
Andrew Powell	Glasiad y dydd dros Ben Dinas (London premiere)
Vaughan Williams	Six Studies in English Folksong
Fauré	Romance
Fauré	Berceuse
An innovative cellist and the current Royal Harpist join forces to explore a mix of new, rare and familiar music for this attractive combination.

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