Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Music for Holy Week
[The] performance was highly disciplined throughout, but never at the expense of their glorious tone, superb diction and splendour of expression.
Review of The Tudor Consort’s Palmerston North performance
Manawatu Standard, March 29 2010
The Tudor Consort presents Renaissance settings of The Lamentations of Jeremiah, including Tallis’s famous work, juxtaposed with a rarely performed setting of 20th Century composer Ernst Krenek. Written in 1941 while in exile in the United States, Krenek combined the strict polyphony of the Renaissance style with 20th Century dodecaphony to produce a compelling protest against the horrors of war.
Programme
- Lamentations of Jeremiah I Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
- Responsary: In monte Oliveti Gregorian chant
- Lamentations of Jeremiah II Tallis
- In coena Domini: Lectio I Gregorian chant
- Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
• In coena Domini: Lectio I
Interval
Lamentationes Ieremiae Prophetae G.P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)
• Sabbato Sancto: Lectio III
Lamentations Robert White (c.1538-1574)
This concert was part of the 2010 Subscription Series.
Review
"The desperately moving 20th century setting by Ernst Krenek … demonstrated the consort’s excellence in works across the centuries"
The Capital Times, 14 April 2010
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Reviews
Once more, this superb, world-class choir which is far more than simply an ‘early music’ ensemble, delivered performances of warmth, precision, wide-ranging expressiveness, beauty and impressive ensemble.
Review of Music for Holy Week, Friday 22 April 2011