'Love is come again' | Excerpt from Byrd's 'Alleluia. And it came to pass'

Here's an excerpt from Gabrieli's 'Surrexit pastor bonus' performed by the Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner - recorded for our latest release 'Love is come again'.

'Love is come again' features Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s personal curation of Easter Choral music inspired by his family's annual Easter Play at his home in Springhead, Dorset. A companion to the Monteverdi Choir’s 1998 recording Once as I remember, which told the story of the Springhead Christmas Play. Structured around a series of tableaux, narrating through a combination of the different Gospel accounts, it is a dramatic retelling of the Resurrection story, employing disparate musical styles and frequent shifts of focus and perspective, all held together by the creative vision of a Dorset mother and her son.

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The three Monteverdi ensembles – the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – are a leading force on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of our Artistic Director, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in ground-breaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces.

‘They represent British excellence on their tours abroad, and it is a great privilege to be Parton of such wonderful ambassadors for our country.’

HRH The Prince of Wales, Royal Patron, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras.

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