O thou whom my soul loveth

Sat 3 May 2014

Trinity College

Another programme in Cambridge Early Music's Festival of the Voice, with a broad sweep of composers: Adrian Willaert, Dominique Phinot, Jacobus Gallus, Jean de Latre and Jean Richafort are complemented by two more recent German composers, Wolfgang Rihm and Hans Schanderl. Featured composer Ivan Moody receives a performance of his Canticum Canticorum II. As always at the Festival of the Voice, a mixture of composers known and unknown, but presented in a compelling and inspired fashion by Singer Pur.

‘What seizes the ear are the thick weaves of counterpoint, and the dense and dissonant harmonies. To make this music speak the singers need a razor sharp sense of pitch and a focused, pure tone, which the young German vocal sextet, Singer Pur, certainly have.’ BBC Music Magazine

Cost: £20, £15, £5