She Who Creates, She Who Inspires

7:30pm, Sat, 20 Jun 2026

Type of event:

Performance

Start time:

7:30pm

Venue:

United Reformed Church
18 Paul Street, Taunton, TA1 3PF

Tickets:

Description:

Songs by Women and Songs written for them.

Women’s voices—heard, imagined, and inspired—lie at the heart of this programme. Bringing

together works by female composers past and present with music shaped by feminine figures, it

moves from Renaissance intimacy to contemporary luminosity, exploring love, devotion, and light

through a rich tapestry of choral sound.

PROGRAMME

Hor che la vaga aurora	Raffaella Aleotti	1570 - 1646
Morir non può ’l mio cuore	Maddalena Casulana	1544 - 1590
Of a Rose	Cecilia McDowall	b. 1951
Come again! Sweet love doth now invite	John Dowland	1563 - 1626
I love my love	Gustav Holst	1874-1934
Ave Maris Stella	Miłosz Bembinow	b. 1978
See, see the shepherds’ queen	Thomas Tomkins	1572 - 1656
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder!	Claude Debussy	1862 - 1918
INTERVAL
Ave maris stella	Edvard Grieg	1843 - 1907
Ave Maria	Anton Bruckner	1824 - 1896
Peace I Leave With You	Amy Beach	1867 - 1944
A Hymne to Christ	Imogen Holst	1907 - 1984
Sicut lilium inter spinas	Marek Raczyński	b. 1982
Northern Lights	Ola Gjeilo	b. 1978
O Nata Lux	Kerry Andrew	b.1978
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree	Elizabeth Poston	1905 - 1987
Bird Raptures III – And my love	Lucy Walker	b. 1998
A Boy and a Girl	Eric Whitacre	b. 1970