Harmonia Sacra
Musical Director Peter Leech
CONCERTS IN 2014
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT 17TH DECEMBER 2014
Harmonia Sacra returned to All Saints Church, Weston-super-Mare for their highly acclaimed Carol service. They were accompanied by Bristol Brass Consort and Andrew Kirk on organ. There was a retiring collection for the RNLI.
ADVENT REFLECTIONS 30TH NOVEMBER 2014
Harmonia Sacra presented their annual concert of Advent choral music in the ethereal and magical acoustics of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol. A traditional mix of old and new, commemorated three 300th anniversaries; the births of the baroque masters Nicolo Jommelli and Gottfried Homilius, and the death of Tommaso Bai, in 1714. It will also include music by Lawrence Whitehead and the late John Tavener
ANCIENT & MODERN 11TH MAY 2014
This concert was a special memorial concert for a dear friend and collegue organist and choir master Christopher Manners LRAM, who died suddenly on 18 December 2013. The concert featured Scarlatti's 'Exsurge Domine' and 'Ad Dominum', Costanzi's 'Christus factus est', William Harris' 'Almighty God and most merciful Father'. Robert Hugill's 'Ad te Levavi' and 'Rorate Coeli'. The concert also featured a world première of 'Do not stand beside my grave and weep', composed by Peter Leech in memory of Chris Manners. The concert was also the launch for Harmonia Sacra's exciting new CD, Princely Splendour, on Nimbus Alliance, featuring choral music from 18th-century Rome.
LATE NIGHT RUSSIAN SOUL - 8TH MAY 2014
This concert featured a complete performance of the repertory on our Nimbus CD Cherubim & Seraphim. It was presented at one weeks notice after a Russian choir pulled out of their scheduled performance. We are grateful to Catherine Freda and the St George's team for giving us this tremendous opportunity which was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience.