(Wellington) O Nata Lux

Name: (Wellington) O Nata Lux
Start: 2024-09-21T19:00:00+12:00
End: 2024-09-21T21:00:00+12:00
Location: Wellington Cathedral of St Paul

Schedule

Sat Sep 21 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul | Wellington, WG

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A choral celebration of light across space and centuries. We begin close to home, with dappled suns on soft ferns in Leonie Holmes’ through coiled stillness, and ‘golden sea-snakes’ of Wellington city meeting ‘sleepy kisses of the moon’ in Takerei Komene’s Te Māhina and He Kihi o te Rā (The Moon and Kiss of the Sun).
Diverse settings of familiar texts explore light as a timeless muse - including a world premiere of O Nata Lux by David Griffiths (Wellington performance only) as well as the well-known setting of Thomas Tallis that was sung at the first ever Tudor Consort concert back in 1986!
The music reaches the majestic in William Walton’s Cantico del Sole - an untamed invocation to Brother Sun and Sister Death, celebrating the splendours of life-giving light. We round the programme out with works by Eric Whitacre, Thomas Tallis, David Hamilton, and Ross Harris.

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ABOUT US:
The Tudor Consort, directed by Michael Stewart, is a vocal chamber ensemble specialising in the intersection between early music and contemporary works. We have released several commercial recordings and toured internationally, earning silver medals at the 35th and 37th International Choral Competitions. We also frequently collaborate with the NZSO and Orchestra Wellington.