Todd: Mass in Blue
A showcase for jazz trio, choir and vocal soloist
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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.