Pitoni – Cantate Domino

Da Palestrina – Dum complerentur

Distler – Singet dem Herrn

Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis

J.S. Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm

J.S. Bach – Singet dem Herrn

Monteverdi – Cantate Domino

J.S. Bach – Der Geist hilft

At the core of Orlando Chamber Choir's

summer programme are three

magnificent Bach motets. Komm,

Jesu, komm is a dialogue be-

tween two choirs who, in

eight intrinsically inter

woven parts, produce an

intimate contrapuntal

word painting. In Der

Geist hilft a four-part

double fugue culmi-

nates in a setting of a

Luther chorale. Bach's

extraordinary motet

Singet dem Herrn ranges

from exciting homophony

to fabulous four and eight-

part fugues set to biblical

texts and contemporary poetry.

Tracing the origins of the words

Singet dem Herrn, the programme includes

a version of Cantate Domino by Pitoni and a

joyous madrigalian setting by Monteverdi. The 1934

interpretation of Singet dem Herrn by Distler builds on the style of Bach and Schütz

with a composition full of syncopations and bold harmonic contrasts.

Tallis's exquisite Loquebantur variis linguis proposes an alternative way

to voice the Lord's praises. The seven-part composition mimics the

mesmerising sound of multilingual tongues conversing about God's

wonders. Palestrina sets the text Dum complerentur dies

Pentecostes which describes how heaven can even be heard

in the sound of the wind – and concludes with

a jubilant six-part Alleluia.