Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption

WelCom August 2018: The Choir of St Mary of the Angels will celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption, 7.30pm, Wednesday 15 August, at St Mary of the Angels Church,…

WelCom August 2018:

The Choir of St Mary of the Angels will celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption, 7.30pm, Wednesday 15 August, at St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington. The Liturgy of about 50 minutes includes Latin psalms, Gregorian antiphons and Palestrina’s Magnificat. To follow will be a 30-minute concert of music for the feast, and for the Feast of the Transfiguration, with music by Tallis, Tavener, Victoria, and including Monteverdi’s setting of ‘Beatus Vir’ with violins, and choir soloists Olivia Webb, Wendy Kale, John Sullivan, Paul Beres and Emmanuel Godinez. The Director of Music is Robert Oliver. All are invited.