Durham Singers: Into Your Hands. Passiontide motets by Bach, Byrd and Sheppard.
A short, early evening concert in the stunning setting of Durham Cathedral's Chapter House to bring your weekend to a peaceful close. Four beautiful pieces by the Tudor genius John Sheppard frame Bach's great motets Komm Jesu, komm, and Jesu meine Freude, and William Byrd's extraordinary meditation on penitence, Infelix Ego, a setting of a text written by Savonarola, which is almost symphonic in its expressiveness and grandeur.
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6.30pm. Tickets £12 adults, £6 students, available from www.durham-singers.org, by telephone from Ticketsource 0333 666 3366 or via choir members.
Durham Cathedral Chapter House County Durham DH1 3EH
Sun 22 Mar 2015