SPITALFIELDS WINTER FESTIVAL The Hilliard Ensemble's Fortieth Birthday Party

The Hilliard Ensemble celebrates four decades of singing with a programme that spans centuries. Including lush renaissance harmonies, Britten’s magical setting of TS Eliot and a new work from Roger Marsh. Grab a drink and enjoy the party.

Plainsong: ‘O’ Antiphons

Pérotin: Viderunt omnes

Victoria: Magnificat secundi toni

Josquin des Prés: Ave Maria

Anon. (Codex Speciálník): Exordium quadruplate

Nenna: O magnum mysterium

Byrd: Descendit de coelis

Anon. 15th century Lullay lullow

Britten: Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi

Anon. 15th century There is no rose

Byrd: Laudate pueri Dominum

Roger Marsh: Poor Yorick

(Note: at 6pm, a half-hour Insight talk in which Alastair Hume introduces the evening’s programme with members of the ensemble. Free to concert ticket holders.)