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Upcoming Bartholomew Consort concerts
Our next concert: Sunday 4th October
Join the Bartholomew Consort under the direction of JanJoost van Elburg as we offer a short concert programme of wonderfully reflective music, including composers Harris, Byrd, Tallis, Lauridsen, Gibbons and Parsons.
After a short pause for preparation the music continues with an evening Compline service replacing the usual 6.30 Taizé service .
Lucy Walker’s beautiful Compline service music is based on original plainchant and was commissioned by St Martin’s Voices in 2023. In offering this choral service the Bartholomew Consort thanks St Michael and All Angels for allowing us to perform frequently in the church over the last 25 years.
POLYCHORAL SPLENDOUR
The Bartholomew Consort with The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Dorchester Abbey, Wallingford OX10 7HH on Sat 4 July 2026 at 7.00 pm
The Bartholomew Consort is marking 25 years of singing some 75 concerts with Dutch conductor, JanJoost van Elburg, by coming together in Dorchester Abbey with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble to present this fitting programme of Polychoral Splendour.
The programme begins with a Kyrie written in 1497, and a thread of the Latin mass is woven through works from the mid Baroque period, ending with a setting of the Agnus Dei. The second half of the concert is firmly placed in the Renaissance.
The opulence of the period is represented by the intricate and multi-layered choral writing by composers from across Europe, culminating in Tallis’s timeless Spem in Alium.
The other composers whose works you will hear include Brumel, Praetorius, Stradella, Caldara, Charpentier, Gabrieli and more!