A renowned invitational choir is set to visit Brecon Cathedral.
Colla Voce was first formed in 2015 to sing a summer Evensong in Tewkesbury Abbey.
Since then it has gathered each summer for a weekend, generally in late July.
The choir has sung three times in Tewkesbury Abbey, twice in Gloucester Cathedral, once in Ripon Cathedral and, in 2019, in Brecon.
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The majority of singers come from invitation or auditioned English choirs.
Colla Voce’s music director is a choir trainer, conductor, singer and former schoolteacher based in Leicestershire. This year’s organist is an accomplished player based in a Church of England benefice in Leicester Diocese.
The choir will be singing Evensong on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons of August 3 and 4, as well as leading the Cathedral Eucharist on the Sunday morning.
Saturday Evensong: Introit - Lord, let me know mine end, Maurice Greene (1695- 1755). Responses - William Smith of Durham (1603-1645) with the Lord’s Prayer by Robert Stone (1516-1613). Canticles - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor, Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Anthem - O God, thou art my God, Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sunday 11am: Mass Setting - Missa Brevis, Jonathan Dove (born 1959). Communion Motet - I sat down under his shadow, Edward Bairstow (1874- 1946)
Sunday Evensong: Introit - Hymn (after a Song of Wisdom), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). Responses - Philip Moore (set for Guildford Cathedral) (born 1943). Canticles - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F, George Dyson (1883-1964). Anthem - Valour, George Dyson (1883-1964)