Ex Cathedra
A Goodnight
Music of Remembrance and Hope
Eamonn Dougan (conductor), Silas Wollston (chamber organ)

Programme includes:
Johann Ludwig Bach, Unsere Trübsal | Richard Rodney Bennett, A Good-Night | Johannes Brahms, Dem dunkeln Schoß der Heilgen Erden | Kerensa Briggs, Media vita | William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine | Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Agnus Dei (Messe pour les trépassés) | Cecilia McDowall, The Lord is good | James MacMillan, When you see millions of the mouthless dead | Arvo Pärt, Nunc dimittis
Running time is approx. 2 hours including interval.
Sat, 8 November 2025
All Saints, Kings Heath
7:00pm
£21 - £36 (£15 aged 18-30, £8 under 18s and full-time students)
Full Event Details
A programme of contemplation and comfort - from Byrd, Charpentier and JL Bach to Kerensa Briggs, Celia MacDowall and Arvo Pärt – designed by guest conductor Eamonn Dougan for Remembrance weekend. Richard Rodney Bennett’s work is an exquisite memorial to Linda McCartney, while James MacMillan sets the poetry of a young Scottish soldier killed in World War I.
Programme includes:
Johann Ludwig Bach, Unsere Trübsal | Richard Rodney Bennett, A Good-Night | Johannes Brahms, Dem dunkeln Schoß der Heilgen Erden | Kerensa Briggs, Media vita | William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine | Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Agnus Dei (Messe pour les trépassés) | Cecilia McDowall, The Lord is good | James MacMillan, When you see millions of the mouthless dead | Arvo Pärt, Nunc dimittis
Running time is approx. 2 hours including interval.
Venue Details & Map
Location
All Saints, Kings Heath
2 Vicarage Road, King's Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RA
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