Todd: Mass in Blue
A showcase for jazz trio, choir and vocal soloist
There are Coronation threads aplenty in the first half of this regal choral celebration. But the second half heads in an entirely different direction. What links jazz and a choral setting of the Latin Mass? The answer is Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary – a showcase for jazz trio, choir, and vocal soloist. The Mass in Blue is a genuinely novel experience, but one that feels as natural as a fusion of Jazz FM and Classic FM: smooth and easy on the ear, but gloriously unpredictable too.
The Mayfield Consort, Oxford Camerata, Olly Lallemant’s Jazz Trio and Jack Gonzalez-Harding (Organ) are conducted by Andrew Benians in this performance of Will Todd’s Mass in Blue.
Full Programme
Sing Joyfully – Byrd
Ave Maria – Parsons
O Lord, Grant the King a long life – Weelkes
Organ solo: Master Tallis’s Testament – Howells
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In memoriam Elizabeth II
Nunc Dimittis – Burgon
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace – Wesley (Psalm 139)
Bring us o Lord God – Harris
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Organ solo: Improvisation in the style of Herbert Howells – Jack Gonzalez-Harding
Te Deum (Collegium Regale) – Howells
Interval
Mass in Blue – Will Todd
Please note that a cash bar will be available at this event.
