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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from Christ Church Spitalfields

Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from Christ Church Spitalfields: Episode 2: Dove, Byrd, Whitacre

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Episode 2: Dove, Byrd, Whitacre

Live from Christ Church Spitalfields

Dove, Byrd, Whitacre

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The Gabrieli Consort in William Byrd's The Great Service and a new work by Jonathan Dove.

|Petroc Trelawny presents the conclusion of a concert given as part of the 2011 Spitalfields Festival, with the Gabrieli Consort in works by Dove, Byrd and Whitacre.

Live from Christ Church Spitalfields as part of the Spitalfields Festival

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Gabrieli Consort combines the Tudor splendour of William Byrd's 'Great Service' with two new works by Jonathan Dove. 

William Byrd's monumental Great Service, acknowledged as the crowning point of unaccompanied church music during the 16th century, is interspersed in this programme, by works from contemporary British composers. The programme includes the world premiere of two pieces by Jonathan Dove, whose sensitivity to words and desire to exploit the beauty of choral sound contrasts and complements the complexity of Byrd's celebrated masterpiece.

Dove - Care charmer sleep
Byrd - The Great Service, Magnificat 
Office hymn - Te lucis ante terminum
Byrd - The Great Service, Nunc Dimittis 
Eric Whitacre - Sleep


Gabrieli Consort
William Whitehead (chamber organ)
Paul McCreesh (director) 

9.45pm A selection of British Light Music played by amateur ensembles as part of Light Fantastic - Radio 3's celebration of Light Music.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

The Gabrieli Consort performs William Byrd's Great Service and new works by Jonathan Dove.

The Gabrieli Consort combines the Tudor splendour of William Byrd's Great Service with new works by Jonathan Dove

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