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ORA Singers: The Music of Rome

LSO St Luke's Resident Ensemble

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ORA Singers performing at LSO St Luke's in purple and yellow light

The second concert in ORA Singers' new Design Series, where a different designer is asked to create a unique design around the musical programme and the fantastic space of the Jerwood Hall.

ORA Singers presents a programme inspired by Rome's rich catalogue of Renaissance composers who worked at the Sistine Chapel, from Palestrina to Ingegenri, Marenzio to Porta. The programme is book-ended by two choral classics, the iconic Allegri Miserere, and the modern masterpiece that is MacMillan's setting of the same text. As with all ORA programmes, Renaissance works sit side-by-side with stunning modern reflections and text settings, including the world premiere of two reflections on Palestrina; Edmund Finnis' Improperium expectavit cor meum, and Janet Wheeler's Terra Tremuit.

Tagged with: Classical music LSO St Luke's Contemporary music

6.30–7pm Pre-concert discussion with Suzi Digby
Drop-in to a free informal discussion led by ORA Singers' Artistic Director & Founder, Suzi Digby, with featured composers from The Music of Rome. The session will include a discussion with Edmund Finnis, who will receive the world premiere performance of his ORA Singers commission, and a look at the other contemporary music featured in the concert programme.

Performers

  • ORA Singers  
  • Suzi Digby   conductor
  • Eleanor Bull   designer

Programme

  • Gregorio Allegri   Miserere
  • Cheryl Frances Hoad   Gaude Et Laetare
  • Marco Antonio Ingegneri   O Bone Jesu
  • Giovanni da Palestrina   Improperium
  • Edmund Finnis   Improperium expectavit cor meum
  • Costanzo Porta   Pater Noster
  • Julia Adolphe   Pater Noster
  • Felice Anerio   Stabat Mater a 12
  • Gregorio Allegri   Christus Resurgens Ex Mortuis
  • James MacMillan   Data est mihi omnis potestas
  • Giovanni da Palestrina   Terra tremuit
  • Janet Wheeler   Terra tremuit
  • Luca Marenzio   Jubilate Deo omnis terra
  • James MacMillan   Miserere

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Location
161 Old St
London
EC1V 9NG

Nearby public transport
The closest London Underground station is Old Street.The nearest National Rail station is Old Street (for Great Northern services), with Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Blackfriars and City Thameslink all within walking distance. Bus services running to LSO St Luke's are 55, 243 (stop nearest to LSO St Luke's), 43, 76, 141, 205, 214, 271. 

Car and bicycle parking
The nearest paid car parking is at the Barbican. There are occasionally disabled parking spaces available at the venue, but these must be booked in advance by calling LSO St Luke's on 020 7490 3939. The nearest TfL Bicycle Hire docking station is at Old Street tube station.