‘Komm Süßer Tod’
7:30pm, Sat, 12 Apr 2025
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Type of event: Performance Start time: 7:30pm Venue: St Cuthbert's Chapel
Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens,
Woodland Road,
Ushaw Moor,
DH7 7DWSee map below Description: The programme commences with music on the theme of ‘Come sweet death’ by J. S. Bach, Lobo, Neustedt, Poulenc, Shaw and Smyth. In the second half of the concert, we are excited to be performing the northern première of The Crucifixion by Tom Edney, our music director. His work, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and organ, is based on Stainer’s famous Crucifixion. It contains hymns employing original words by Mother Carrie Thompson.
Please join us in exploring different reflections for the Lenten period.
Programme:
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
J. S. Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht
Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum
Francis Poulenc: Vinea mea electa (from Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence)
Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach
Ethel Smyth: Komm, süsser Tod
J. S. Bach: O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht
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Tom Edney: The Crucifixion
