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A festival of services and concertsfor Holy Week and Easter

Bach St Matthew PassionMessiaen Visions de l’AmenMacMillan Seven Last WordsElgar The Apostles

Easterat

King’sApril 2012

CALENDARWELCOME

KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR (Images UK)STEPHEN CLEOBURY (D Scanlan)KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR (Images UK)

Tuesday 3 April 2.00pm Exploring the Passion (Seminar, Corpus Playroom)

6.30pm Bach St Matthew Passion

Wednesday 4 April 5.30pm Rumours of Passion (Clare College Chapel)

Maundy Thursday 5 April 11.00am Illuminating Messiaen (Exhibition, Corpus Playroom)

5.30pm Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar7.00pm Illuminating Messiaen (Talk, Corpus Playroom)

8.00pm Chamber Music for Maundy Thursday 9.30pm Meditation for Maundy Thursday

Good Friday 6 April10.30am Ante-Communion and Veneration of the Cross5.30pm Choral Evensong7.30pm MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross

Holy Saturday 7 April7.00pm Elgar The Apostles

Easter Day Sunday 8 April10.30am Sung Eucharist with Procession3.30pm Festal Evensong

Easter Monday 9 April4.00pm Organ Recital for Eastertide

Attending ServicesMembers of the public are welcome to attend all services at King’s College;no tickets are required for any listed here. Doors open approximately 15 minutes before a service starts. Please be aware that large numbers of people come to the Good Friday and Easter Day services; you shouldexpect to join a substantial queue which often forms in the main Court ofKing’s College well before a service is due to start.

All services and concerts take place in King’s College Chapel except where stated.

Welcome from Stephen Cleobury,Artistic Director, Easter at King’sI am delighted that King's is again able to offer awealth of seasonal repertoire in the context of theCollege's traditional chapel services for Holy Weekand Easter, and in concert.

Easter at King's is now in its eighth year, and has madeits mark as an important festival both nationally andinternationally. The Chapel Choir is at the heart of theFestival, but we are privileged also to include manydistinguished soloists and ensembles. We are againtaking the Festival outside King’s and we are grateful toClare and Corpus Christi Colleges for their participation.We are pleased once more to welcome involvementfrom Duke University, and are grateful to JeremyBegbie for his part in having made this possible.

Easter at King’s receives no funding from any officialsource. I am indebted to those named within thisbrochure without whose generosity the Festival wouldnot take place. I would be delighted to hear from anyonewho might like to support the Festival in future years.

Meanwhile we look forward to welcoming you to thisyear’s services and concerts.

www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/easter-at-kings 32 Box office: 01223 769340

Priority postal booking until Thursday 12 January

Booking in person opens Saturday 14 January

Telephone booking opens Monday 16 January

For details see page 15

WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL

5.30pm Concert [finish c.6.30pm]

Clare College Chapel

Rumours of PassionThe Cambridge-Duke VoicesToby Young conductorMicheal O’Siadhail reader

Gesualdo Ecce vidimus eumTallis Nunc dimittisBegbie O you whose love laid out our skiesarr. Young He never said a mumbling wordTavener Nunc dimittisA sequence of music, readings and poetry based on the strangeand stirring Servant Songs of Isaiah takes place in the intimatesetting of Clare College Chapel. The evening includes four poemsby distinguished Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, especiallycommissioned for the occasion and read by the poet.

Tickets: unreserved £12 (£5 student standby)With the generous support of the Bible Society.

THOMAS WALKER (Sussie Ahlburg)

LUKAS JAKOBSKI DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON

THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC

MICHEAL O’SIADHAIL

JAMES GILCHRIST (operaomnia.co.uk)

2.00pm Study Afternoon [finish 4.00pm]

Corpus Playroom

Exploring the Passion An afternoon with leading Bach scholar Professor John Butt, whoexplores Bach’s St Matthew Passion. John will be joined by JamesGilchrist and DavidWilson-Johnson in conversation about the Passionand the roles of the Evangelist and Christus.Tickets: £7.50 (£3 students)With kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College and the ADC committee.


Bach St Matthew PassionKing’s College ChoirChoristers of Jesus and St Catharine’s CollegesAcademy of Ancient Music

James Gilchrist EvangelistDavid Wilson-Johnson ChristRichard Lloyd Morgan PilateSophie Bevan sopranoJames Laing counter-tenorThomas Walker tenorLukas Jakobski bass

Stephen Cleobury conductor“To me the Matthew Passion is not only a religious work. TheMatthew Passion seems to me an ‘unoperatic opera’ that relives atragic story of human suffering, from beginning to end. It is amongthe greatest masterpieces ever written.” George SoltiTickets: £55, £45, £35, £25 (£5 student standby)With generous support from Robin Boyle.

TUESDAY 3 APRIL

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Chamber Music for Maundy Thursday Cordelia Williams pianoJeremy Begbie piano

JS Bach Chorale Prelude ‘Herzlich tut michverlangen’

Messiaen Visions de l’AmenWritten in the midst of the Second World War in occupied France,Messiaen’s spectacular Visions de l’Amen for two pianos is one ofhis most well-known and accessible pieces, encompassing a hugerange of emotion and pianistic virtuosity. Messiaen paints a vastpanorama in sound, depicting the passage from the World'sCreation to its re-creation, including at its centre a profoundmeditation on Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane.

Tickets: unreserved £15 (£5 student standby)

9.30pm Service [finish c.10.30pm]

Meditation for Maundy ThursdayCouperin Lecons de tenebresCressida Sharp sopranoMargaret Carpenter sopranoRichard Boothby viola da gambaTim Brown organ continuoRichard Lloyd Morgan cantorAdmission free. A retiring collection will be taken to defray the costsof the performance. With generous support from Tim Brown

MAUNDY THURSDAY 5 APRIL

11.00am – 7.00pm Photo Exhibition

Corpus Playroom

Illuminating Messiaen Throughout his composing life Olivier Messiaen thought in highlyvisual terms – he wanted his music to dazzle and overwhelm uslike glorious light through stained glass windows. This photographyexhibition, by members of Duke Divinity School, takes its inspirationfrom the Visions de l’Amen, one of his most colourful works.Discover a new angle on the music, ahead of the evening concert.

Free and open to the publicWith thanks to Duke Divinity School, Duke University, North Carolina.


Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the AltarKing’s College Choir

Frank Martin Movements from theMass for double choir

7.00pm Pre-Concert Talk [finish c.7.45pm]

Corpus Playroom

Illuminating Messiaen David Owen Norris presenterDistinguished pianist, composer and broadcaster David Owen Norrispresents an introduction to Olivier Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen,which is to be performed in the Chapel immediately afterwards.David’s talk will draw on an exhibition of photographs,“Illuminating Messiaen”, inspired by the music and displayedduring the performance.

Admission free to ticketholders for the 8.00pm concert.Please book, as places are limited


CORDELIA WILLIAMS (Hannah Chlala) JEREMY BEGBIE RICHARD LLOYD MORGANTIM BROWN

GOOD FRIDAY 6 APRIL

10.30am Service [finish c.11.40am]

Ante-Communion and Veneration of the CrossKing’s College Choir

Allegri Miserere mei, Deus Victoria St John Passion


Choral EvensongChoral Scholars of King’s College

Tallis The Lamentations of Jeremiah (Part 2)


Seven Last Words from the CrossGuy Johnston celloKing’s College Choir Britten Sinfonia

MacMillan Kiss on WoodPalestrina Stabat MaterTavener Popule Meus MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross“... MacMillan's masterpiece ... the maturity in this composition isastounding: the tonal structure of the seven settings, harmonywhich can be spare or lush without ever being overwritten, aninexorable sense of the drama in the text, the balance betweenvoice and strings. A few seconds, in difficult times, when meditationwas centre stage, when it was possible to regain optimism.” Guardian (on Seven Last Words)

MacMillan’s tour de force is partnered by Palestrina’s intensedepiction of Mary, mother of Jesus, at the foot of the Cross andTavener’s meditation on “O my people, what have I done toyou?” The expressive solo cello and serene strings presentunwavering faith against the sound and fury of the timpani.

Tickets: £30, £22, £18, £12 (£5 student standby)


GUY JOHNSTON

BRITTEN SINFONIA (Sussie Ahlburg)

KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR (Images UK)

EASTER DAY SUNDAY 8 APRILHOLY SATURDAY 7 APRIL



Elgar The ApostlesAilish Tynan Blessed Virgin/Angel GabrielSusan Bickley Mary MagdaleneTimothy Robinson St John/NarratorMark Stone St PeterRoderick Williams JesusDavid Wilson-Johnson JudasPhilharmonia ChorusBBC Concert OrchestraStephen Cleobury conductor“You are a great magician” wrote A.C. Benson to Elgar after TheApostles was first performed in King’s College Chapel in 1906.“Upon me it produced an extraordinary effect – the beauty ofcertain movements is incredible – out of the reach of art. I can’tconceive the process by which you dreamed of such sounds.” Suchis the deeply moving experience in store for the audience thatcomes to King’s Chapel this Holy Saturday to hear in the wordsand music of this great oratorio the story of Christ’s apostles,from their calling, through to the events at Golgotha and theSepulchre, to the Resurrection.

Tickets: £40, £30, £22, £18 (£5 student standby)The concert is being recorded by BBC Radio 3 and must start punctually.Please arrive in good time; latecomers will not be admitted until the interval.

10.30am Service [finish c.11.30am]

Sung Eucharist with ProcessionKing’s College Choir

accompanied by a string ensemble

Haydn Kleine orgelmesse


Festal EvensongKing’s College Choir

Howells Collegium RegaleVaughan Williams Rise Heart, thy Lord is Risen

AILISH TYNAN(Sussie Ahlburg)

SUSAN BICKLEY(Samantha Ovens)

TIMOTHY ROBINSON (Caroline Hughes)

RODERICK WILLIAMS (Benjamin Ealovega)

PHILHARMONIA CHORUS, KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, 2011

MARK STONE(Robert Workman)

EASTER MONDAY 9 APRIL OTHER CONCERTS AT KING’S INCLUDE...


King’s College ChoirThe Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury,

is always pleased to receive enquiries from potential Choir members

Please telephone +44 (01223) 331224 or write to him at the College for details

King’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1ST E-mail: [email protected]

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Organ Recital for EastertideJohn Butt organ

JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547JS Bach Preludes from Das ‘Orgelbüchlein’,

BWV 625-630Reger ‘Dankpsalm’, op 145 no 2Messiaen Pieces from Livre du Saint SacrementDupré Deuxième Symphonie, op 26Bach’s preludes on Easter chorales (from Das ‘Orgelbüchlein’) andthe three central pieces from Messiaen’s Livre du Saint Sacrementform the core of this programme. These two composers have mostobviously provided a bridge between liturgical organ music and thewider world of western classical music. Reger’s concise ‘Dankpsalm’,based around hymn tunes, offers an obvious development of Bach’sidiom in late Romantic guise. Marcel Dupré’s second symphony isnot – unlike so much of his organ music – specifically associatedwith religious devotion, but is perhaps his boldest work in themodernist musical language of the late 1920s.Tickets: £10 (£5 students)

JOHN BUTTKING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL (Images UK)

Saturday 3 March 2012 8.30pm [Finish c10.30pm]

King’s College Hall

BadinageCatherine Bott sopranoJames Bowman counter tenorJonathan Cohen piano

Performed with piano accompaniment, this captivating and wittyrecital celebrates the long friendship of two great artists. “This [isa] hugely entertaining concert, the repertoire wide-ranging, theatmosphere informal” (London Evening Standard).

Tickets (on sale now): £18, £150 for a table of 10. Wine on sale.

Friday 27 April 2012 7.30pm [finish c.9.30pm]

King’s College Chapel

Gala Charity ConcertBruckner MotetsStrauss Oboe ConcertoVerdi Pater NosterPuccini Messa di GloriaNicholas Daniel oboe, Andrew Kennedy tenorMark Stone bass, Kings College Choir, CUMS ChorusPhilharmonia Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury conductor

Richard Strauss's graceful oboe concerto, played by awardwinning Nicholas Daniel, will soar into the Chapel.This warm,romantic programme continues with Puccini's rarely-performedMessa di Gloria.

Tickets (on sale now):£60, £50, £40, £25 (£5 student standby)For VIP seats contact [email protected]

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Concerts at King’s.

JAMES BOWMAN AND CATHERINE BOTT NICHOLAS DANIEL

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All the concerts in King’s willtake place in the Ante-Chapelwhere seats are numbered andreserved except on MaundyThursday when seats areunreserved.

Easter at King’s is promoted by King’s College and ismade possible with the support of the Provost andFellows of King’s College and BBC Radio 3

King’s College acknowledges generous support for theseries from Robin Boyle, the Stephen and Margaret GillFamily Foundation, The Bible Society and The Mary DukeBiddle Foundation.

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