A Goodnight

A programme of contemplation and comfort - from Byrd, Charpentier and JL Bach to Kerensa Briggs, Celia MacDowall and Arvo Pärt – designed by guest conductor Eamonn Dougan for Remembrance weekend. Richard Rodney Bennett’s work is an exquisite memorial to Linda McCartney, while James MacMillan sets the poetry of a young Scottish soldier killed in World War I.

Programme includes:
Johann Ludwig Bach, Unsere Trübsal | Richard Rodney Bennett, A Good-Night | Johannes Brahms, Dem dunkeln Schoß der Heilgen Erden | Kerensa Briggs, Media vita | William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine | Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Agnus Dei (Messe pour les trépassés) | Cecilia McDowall, The Lord is good | James MacMillan, When you see millions of the mouthless dead | Arvo Pärt, Nunc dimittis

Running time is approx. 2 hours including interval.