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Peter Syrus is a lecturer at the Royal Norther College of Music
in Manchester. He is also in regular demand as a director of workshops
in early music for both singers and instrumentalists, and tutors
on several long-standing Easter and summer courses.
Peter says "The central focus for the day will be the five-
and six-voice motets from the collection which coincided with the
Peace of Westphalia and the end of the Thirty Years War.
Some are justifiably well-known, such as the extrovert setting of
Die Himmel erzahlen or the heart-rending blessing for the
dead Selig sind die Toten. Others are no less worthy of performance,
and will include Ich bin eine ru fende Stimme, Unser Wandel
ist in Himmel, Verleih uns Frieden, and the two exquisite items
designated as Arias, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt and Herzlich
lieb hab ich dich, o Gott. All items will be sund in the
original language."
Singers of all ranges are welcome, many of the pieces being for
SSATTB.
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