Ex Cathedra 2025/2026: The Garden of Love
Schedule
Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
St Peter's Church Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton, EN
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The Garden of LoveLove and nature are in full bloom in this programme of evocative imagery and shimmering harmony.
Selections from Claude Le Jeune’s innovative 16th-century Le printemps set spring as the season of love. Love is the timeless subject for Palestrina - a giant of the Italian Renaissance - and for Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, who brings impressionistic colour and intimacy to his choral masterpiece.
You'll also hear music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Liz Dilnot Johnson, and a world premiere from Bobbie-Jane Gardner, who takes inspiration from Daisaku Ikeda's concept of "human flowers".
Our 2025-26 cohort of talented Scholars will be joined by cornetts and sackbuts from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - don't miss it!
Programme includes:
Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique des cantiques
G Gabrieli Lieto Godea a8
Gardner human flowers: of the earth (world premiere)
Le Jeune Revecy venir du Printans (from Le printemps)
Palestrina Surge, propera, amica mea
Running time approx. 2 hours, including interval.
With grateful thanks to the Hinrichsen Foundation for supporting the new work from Bobbie-Jane Gardner.
EX CATHEDRA Scholars Ensemble
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Cornetts & Sackbuts (dir. Jamie Savan)
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Rupert Jeffcoat piano
Tickets
£24
£8 for full-time students and children (aged 17 or under)
Book online via the link on this page or call the B:Music box office on 0121 780 3333.
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Where is it happening?
St Peter's Church Wolverhampton, Lich Gates,Wolverhampton, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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