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Holy Week Choral Foundation Concert
The Choral Foundation concert takes place, during Holy Week. Salisbury Cathedral Choir will be accompanied by La Folia (leader, Daphne Moody) and will be conducted by David Halls, Salisbury Cathedral’s Director of Music.
Scarlatti’s reputation rests largely on his enormous output of keyboard music and of his sacred music only the Stabat Mater is at all well remembered. It was probably composed between 1713 and 1719, while Scarlatti was maestro di cappella at the Basilica Giulia in Rome, and, in common with the many Italian and Italianate works of this period its use of rich textures and daring harmonies within the seemingly austere framework of a ten part choir produces the most wonderful effects.
MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross was commissioned by BBC Television and first screened in seven nightly episodes during Holy Week 1994, performed by Cappella Nova and the BT Scottish Ensemble under Alan Tavener. The traditional text of the Seven Last Words from the Cross is based on a compilation from all four gospels to form a sequential presentation of the last seven sentences uttered by Christ.
Tickets: £10-£15 available from Salisbury Playhouse click ‘Book this event’ above or telephone 01722 320333. Also available on the door
Location:
Spire Crossing
Doors open: 19:00
Donenico Scarlatti – Stabat Mater: 35 minutes
Interval: 20 minutes
James MacMillan – Seven Last Words from the Cross: 50 minutes
Finish approximately: 21:30