Thomas Tallis Society - Rosa Mystica

A colourful and contemplative programme of music for the Virgin Mary by Benjamin Britten (1913-1977) and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602- 1678), performed by the Thomas Tallis Society Choir and directed by Olivia Shotton.

The programme includes Britten’s macaronic masterpiece ‘Hymn to the Virgin’ and rarely performed work ‘Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam’, seven settings of poems by Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. As well as Cozzolani’s lively ‘Vespro Della Beata Vergine' of 1650 - a seldom performed setting of the vespers which are now gaining the attention they deserve!

Come and join us for an evening of discovery and transcendent music in the magnificent St Alfege Church.