Souffles d’Albion

Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
7:30 p.m.

A Concert by SMAM
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Four centuries of English sacred music, where voices rise and intertwine with the organ.

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Beneath the light of a blue-and-red stained glass window, on the worn pew of a London church, 400 years of music vibrate and shimmer. William Byrd and Henry Purcell invite us to a moment of fullness, where interwoven voices answer the organ, while MacMillan, closer to our time, makes incandescent prayers resonate in modern colours. This dialogue between organ and voices is an invitation to rediscover four centuries of heaven on earth.

In partnership with the Canadian International Organ Competition, and part of our Centennial Celebrations.

Programme

William Byrd
(1540-1623)

Second Service

Henry Purcell
(1659-1695)

Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z. 135

Maurice Greene
(1696-1755)

Lord, let me know mine end

George Thalben-Ball
(1896-1987)
Elegy (organ)

Charles Hubert Parry
(1848-1918)

Hear my words, ye people

PAUSE

Charles Hubert Parry
(1848-1918)
Fantasy and Fugue in g minor (organ)

Gerald Finzi
(1901-1956)

Lo, the full, final sacrifice

Edward Naylor
(1867-1934)

Vox dicentis: Clama

James MacMillan
(né en 1959)
A New song

Distribution

Soloists:
Marie Magistry, soprano
Michiel Schrey, tenor
William Kraushaar, bass

SMAM Choir

Mária Budáčová, organist

Andrew McAnerney, conductor