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Songs of Farewell - Programme of acapella pieces by British composers from the 16th to 21st century, including Hubert Parry, James MacMillan, William Harris and Tallis, reflecting on the many different emotions of a farewell.

The programme is centred around Hubert Parry's Songs of Farewell, interspersed with Tallis motets and top and tailed by two versions of Bring us, O Lord God by William Harris and James MacMillan.

The full programme is:

James MacMillan - Bring us, O Lord God
Thomas Tallis - O sacrum convivium
Hubert Parry - My soul, there is a country
                        - I know my soul hath power to know
from Songs of Farewell
Thomas Tallis - Jesu Salvator saeculi
Hubert Parry - Never weather-beaten sail
                        - There is an old belief
from Songs of Farewell
Thomas Tallis - In ieunio et fletu
Hubert Parry - At the round Earth’s imagined corners
                        - Lord, let me know mine end
from Songs of Farewell
William Harris - Bring us, O Lord God

Thomas Tallis Society Choir, conducted by Eamonn Dougan