Our concert in November celebrates St Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians, whose feast
day falls on 22 November.

Not surprisingly, she has inspired many composers, and we will perform music celebrating St Cecilia from across the centuries, from Peter Philips’ Cecilia Virgo composed in the early 17th century up to the present day with Cecilia MacDowall’s Cecilia, busy as a bee, and James MacMillan’s Cecilia Virgo. Benjamin Britten was himself born on St Cecilia’s Day and his Hymn to St Cecilia is a well-loved setting of poems by WH Auden.

We mark the 400 years since the death of William Byrd, with his Mass for five voices, written during the reign of Elizabeth I, for use in secret by Roman Catholics who were forbidden to celebrate the catholic mass at that time. The final piece in our programme is James MacMillan’s powerful setting of Psalm 51, Miserere which was first performed in 2009.

Tickets available online at Glasgow Chamber Choir Tickets (ticketlight.co.uk) and at the door.