The Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy
Sunday 17 August to Sunday 24 August 2008
This theme of the 2008 festival is The Lord’s Prayer and will allow us to examine what might at first glance appear to be familiar themes from the best known of our prayers: in re-examining them we will perhaps glimpse the deeper truths these words encompass. The music that has been chosen to elucidate these themes covers a broad spectrum. From the beautiful simplicity of the plainsong to be heard on Wednesday and Saturday to the more intricate polyphony of Lassus’s Missa Bell’ amfitrit’ altera the Mass settings throughout the week form a carefully chosen backbone for our worship. The accompanying motets, canticles and anthems include compositions from as varied a set of composers as Guerrero, Gibbons, Byrd, Poulenc, Britten and Vaughan Williams.