08 November 2009

3pm

In Memoria at the Judge

The Clerks
Edward Wickham director

- Requiem aeternam - Introit from the Requiem Mass/Gregorian Chant
- Mort tu as navré - Jean Ockeghem (c1420-1497)
a lament on the death of Gilles Binchois (1460)
- Ave Regina coelorum - Guillaume Dufay (c1397-1474)
- Nymphes des bois - Josquin Des Prez (c1455-1521)
a lament on the death of Jean Ockeghem (1497)
- Thou wast present as on this day - Antony Pitts (1969- )
- Pater noster - Josquin Des Prez
- Absolve quaesumus - Josquin Des Prez
a lament on the death of Jacob Obrecht (1505)
- Gradual: Requiem aeternam/In memoria - Gradual from the Requiem Mass/Gregorian chant

In Memoria is a programme devised by Edward Wickham, director of The Clerks, and Antony Pitts, composer of Thou wast present on this day. The other music is by three giants of Renaissance music: Dufay, Josquin and Ockeghem. The programme was first performed in 2008 in some unusual spaces, including Victorian pumping stations and the Victoria Baths in Manchester.

Coupled with the Renaissance music is a work written specially for In Memoria by Antony Pitts, which combines the voices of The Clerks with those of young children, pre-recorded onto an atmospheric tape.

We believe In Memoria will be a very fitting event for Remembrance Sunday afternoon. We are fortunate to have permission to put this event into the stunning surrounds of the Judge, where the singers will progress throughout the high atrium in the centre of this award winning building.

Judge Business School

The concert will last an hour. There will be some seats, but about half the audience will be standing for this music. Priority for seating will given to the elderly and those who cannot stand.
Standing spaces are on the balconies from where the musicians can be seen as they progress through the building.

Tea will be available at the Judge from 2.30pm

Tickets: (unnumbered) £15
[Concessions: ¢ £13; WC 2 for 1; SS £5]

Booking code 8.1

Box Office: 01223 357851

The concert is given with the support of Judge Business School. The Clerks acknowledge with gratitude financial assistance of the PRS Foundation and the Mercers' Charitable Foundation.

The Clerks In Memoria photo courtesy Colin Turner

Photo courtesy Judge Business School

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