Foldings & Whirlings

Clouds scud and wheel across the sky in a programme that celebrates the joy of deep breaths and the full possibilities of the human voice. Caroline Shaw’s origami-inspired How to fold the wind and Aaron Jay Kernis’ diaphanous Ecstatic Meditations sit at the heart of the each half, framed by sixteenth-century polyphony from John Sheppard and John Taverner—music that folds back on itself over and again, inviting us to look up and marvel at its vaulted lines.

John Sheppard Libera nos I
Caroline Shaw How to fold the wind
John Taverner Dum transisset II
Randall Thompson Alleluia
John Sheppard Libera nos II
Aaron Jay Kernis Ecstatic Meditations
John Taverner Dum transisset I
Jake Runestad Alleluia

Ellie Slorach director
The Singers of Dunedin Consort