Aylesbury Lunchtime Music presents

Aylesbury Consort of Voices

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2 April 2026

Starts: 12:45pm, Doors: 12:15pm

Duration: 1 hour (approx.)

St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury

£7 adults on the door (<18s & carers free)

Aylesbury Consort of Voices

Programme

  • 1839-1901

    Abendlied, Op. 69 No. 3 (Rheinberger)

    The first version of Abendlied was composed in 1855 when Josef Rheinberger was just fifteen years old. It is perhaps his most famous choral work, paying homage to the great sacred music of the Renaissance with short moments of imitative writing blended with glorious homophony.

  • 1848-1918

    Crossing the Bar (Parry)

    Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem Crossing the bar is rich in extended metaphor: the threshold separating life and death is likened to a sandbar which a ship crosses as it moves from the safety of the harbour to the oceanic expanse on the other side. The figure of Christ is compared to the ‘Pilot’ who directs the journey.

  • 1874-1934

    Nunc Dimittis (Holst)

  • 1899-1963

    Penitential motets, FP 97 (Poulenc)
    i Timor et Tremor, iii Tenebrae factae sunt

    Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence (Four Penitential Motets), FP 97, are four sacred motets composed by Francis Poulenc in 1938–39. He wrote them on Latin texts for penitence. The text for the first motet, Timor et tremor (Great fear and trembling) combines verses from psalms 54 and 30. The third motet, Tenebrae factae sunt (Darkness fell upon the Earth), is a responsory for the matins of Holy Saturday,

  • 1964-

    O Crux Ave (Dubra)

  • 1510-1556

    Lamentations (Phinot)

    The Lamentations of Jeremiah foreshadow the work of Willaert and the Venetian school. The Lamentations are for eight voices in two groups of four, who answer each other antiphonally and then gradually build to a climax as the groups increasingly overlap, eventually singing together in eight independent contrapuntal parts.

  • 1902-1986

    Tantum Ergo, Op. 10 No. 4 (Duruflé)

    The fourth motet of Duruflé’s Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (Four motets on Gregorian themes).

  • 1883-1973

    Faire is the heaven (Harris)

    Harris wrote a number of services and anthems of which the finest is Faire is the heaven. Scored for double choir, the anthem was written in 1925.

  • 1852-1924

    Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3 (Stanford)

    Beati quorum via is one of three Latin Motets, Op. 38. Stanford may have composed the three motets at the end of the 19th century, possibly when he was a teacher at the Royal College of Music.

  • 1951-

    Adoro te devote (McDowall)

    Flowing and expressive, it features homophonic sections, melismatic lines, and optional soaring soprano solos. Adoro te devote is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Nepalese Earthquake in 2015.

  • 1839-1901

    Morgenlied, Op. 69 No. 1 (Rheinberger)

Performers

  • Aylesbury Consort of Voices

    Vocal ensemble

    Aylesbury Consort of Voices is a performance choir of sixteen hand-picked singers, performing music from the sixteenth century to the present day.
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Key information for concert goers

When

Every Thursday at 12:45pm (except August & over Christmas). Performances last around 60 minutes. Please enter quietly as there is a noon service in the Lady Chapel.

How much?

Entry is £7 per adult (card or cash), under 18s and carers are free. The price includes a programme. Donations are welcomed to subsidise the larger ensembles.

Where?

Performances are at St Mary’s Church in the heart of Aylesbury Old Town. See directions for further details.

Do I need to book?

No, just turn up. Doors open at 12:15 pm. Make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat.

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