ORA Singers - Re-Imaginings

Ora Singers – Re-imaginings

Whenever I listen to ORA Singers I allow myself to simply wallow in their sound. I close my eyes and then the magic happens as hundreds of silken ribbons of sound enwrap me, sometimes almost dizzyingly, as they play off the glorious architecture. The exquisite purity of ORA, together with the concept of a second coming of the Golden Age could not fit better in the Three Palaces Festival programme: a festival that by its very own nature and setting, juxtaposes the new with the old. Contemporary work fuses with majestic intricate layers of Baroque architecture in its capital city, Valletta, or in the magical, walled, old “silent city” of Mdina, and all the extraordinary palaces, buildings, churches, bastions, temples, and “secret” places across the island. Malta is a gem. ORA is a jewel in sound. This programme re-imagines Renaissance works, marrying nationalities and sounds across time and eras. Videte miraculum indeed – the miracle of the beauty of sound will unfold with ORA.

Dr. Michelle Castelletti, Artistic Director, Three Palaces Festival –

Repertoire:

Antoine Brumel (c.1460 – 1512/13, French) - Sicut Lilium inter spinas 2’
John Barber (ORA commission) - Sicut Lilium 3’
Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 1585, English) - Videte Miraculum 10’
Richard Allain (ORA commission) – Videte Miraculum 10’
William Byrd (1543 – 1623, English) – Ave Verum 3.5’
Roderick Williams (ORA commission) - Ave Verum, re-imagined 5.5'

Credits:
ORA Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby
Filmed and Edited by Knight Classical at St. Peter’s Church, Vauxhall (London)
Artistic Director: Michelle Castelletti

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