‘In the night, I sometimes dream of running through long grass or sandy beaches. I awake to remember that having had MS for 25 years, running now only takes place in my imagination. My new piece Dreams and Visions explores what it is to dream. Ideas flow from one to the next, like little vignettes of actual dreams. Musicians move throughout the hall, immersing the audience in an atmosphere inspired by different dreams and visions spanning 900 years.’ – Alexander Campkin

Tenebrae joins with the viol consort Fretwork in a programme celebrating Alexander’s music alongside Renaissance gems.

Programme:

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) – O vis eternitatis (arr. Alexander Campkin)

Bingen – Ordo virtutum: Instrumental dance I

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) – Do not repine, fair sun

Alexander Campkin (b.1984) – The Crimson Sun

Gibbons – The Silver Swan (arr. Campkin)

Thomas Tompkins (1572-1656) – Fantasia a3 No.1

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – Hear my prayer, O Lord

Bob Chilcott (b.1955) – My prayer

Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) – Thule, the period of cosmography

Campkin – Dreams and Visions *

Bingen – Ordo virtutum: Instrumental dance II

*World Premiere