Ishirini in Egypt 2024
Music on the theme of Love which we sang on our tour of Egypt in 2024. At the core of the programme are pieces of choral music from the Muslim world, some of which we sang on previous tours to Jordan and as part of the Palestinian Choral Festival, and 2 of which are based on Egyptian melodies.
Ego flos campi - Clemens non Papa
Set me as a seal - William Walton
Drop, drop, slow tears - J F L'Estrange
Vinea mea electa - Poulenc
Mass for 4 voices - Byrd
Super flumina Babylonis - Palestrina
I sat down - Bairstow
Tota Pulchra Est - Durufle
Cantique - Faure
Mass in G - Schubert
Hymn to the virgin - Britten
Down by the Salley Gardens - arr. Allwood
Turtle Dove - Vaughan Williams
The Blue Bird - Stanford
Lamaa Badaa Yatathannaa - Abu-Khader
Ai'yu - Abdel Al-Fattah
El-Helwa Di - Torikian
Lamaa Badaa - Joanna Marsh
Miserere - Allwood
