Coming up on Good Friday [21 March], Musica Sacra is giving its annual presentation of Music for Good Friday.
This year Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri. The work was composed in 1680 and is a cycle of seven cantatas; the text the poem Salve mundi salutare written by medieval poet Arnulf of Louvain.
The work is a fantastic piece of writing, expressive, exciting, and in parts modern for its time. More information about the work can be found on the Wikipædia; details of the upcoming performance are below.
Good Friday, 21 March
TWO performances: 3:30pm and 8:00pm
St. Matthew-in-the-City
BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri
Pepe Becker, soprano
Kate Spence, alto
Iain Tetley, tenor
Hadleigh Adams, bass
Graham McPhail, Iselta Allison, violins
Helen Polglase, cello
John Middleton, bass
Dr John Wells, chamber organ
With choir Musica Sacra conducted by Dr. Indra Hughes
See musicasacra.org.nz for more details
NOTE: I sing in the tenor section of choir, hence why this is self-promotion rather than just promotion ;)
