Polyphonic: Contemporary Choral Music

plenum project presents Polyphonic: Contemporary Choral Music. Built along textural principles, this debut programme sets works by Nico Muhly, Judith Weir, David Lang, and Joanna Marsh directly alongside their historic source materials - from medieval plainchant to the rich polyphony of Byrd and Purcell. 

Programme: 
Anonymous - Stella maris nuncuparis
Joanna Marsh - All shall be well
William Byrd - Sing Joyfully
David Lang - again (after ecclesiastes)
Chant - Ave Regina Caelorum
Judith Weir - Ave Regina Caelorum
Igor Stravinsky - Ave Maria
Adolphous Hailstork - The Song of Deborah
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer
Nico Muhly - Rough Notes

plenum project
Hugh Rowlands, conductor