Malmesbury motets

NICO MUHLY

As we enter the new year, here's our performance of Nico Muhly's Malmesbury Motets - a reflective sequence in three movements for choir and solo viola da gamba, featuring the brilliant Liam Byrne. Setting three well-known Biblical texts, their enduring theme of light in darkness is a timely reminder of the strength of hope and optimism.

Translations
I. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:2-3

II. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 9:2

III. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:4-5

Music Nico Muhly
Viola da Gamba Liam Byrne
Artistic Director & Conductor Tom Herring
Soprano soloist Lucy Cox

Audio Producer Jacob Ewens
Sound Engineer David Jones
Mixing Engineer Alex Ackermann
Audio Editor & Mastering Engineer David Jones
Director of Photography Ben Tomlin
Camera Operators Kamau Kelly
Video Editor & Colourist Ben Tomlin

Filmed at St Jude's Church, Hampstead on Friday 27th October 2022.
Supported in part by the Golsoncott Foundation.