The Tudor Consort: Performance Archives

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Humphrey, Blow and Purcell — Restoration Verse Anthems

The Tudor Consort joins forces with Academia Sancta Mariae to present verse anthems from three of the most influential composers of the English Restoration period. Discover the music of the little-known composer Pelham Humphrey, who within his short life assimilated the intensity and passion of the French Baroque style and exerted an enormous influence on his famous pupils John Blow and Henry Purcell.

$20 / $15 — door sales and online booking
2pm^*, Sunday 10 August St Mary of the Angels

^*Pre-concert talk at 1.45pm

Last Performance

A Tudor Compline — Tallis and Sheppard

The last of the monastic hours, the service of Compline is a contemplative form of night prayer that inspired some of the most beautiful music of the 16th century. The Tudor Consort will perform a reconstruction of a complete Compline featuring music for this rite and ending with Tallis’s glorious Marian antiphon Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater.

6:30pm, Friday 20 June
Chanel Arts Centre, Motueka

8pm, Saturday 21 June
Nelson Cathedral, Nelson

Performance Archives

Following is the complete archive of all performances by The Tudor Consort, with information on performance dates, composers and programmes, and soloists and directors. For each performance additional resources including posters, programme notes, reviews and recordings are made available as the group’s records and library permit. Most recent performances are listed first; performances were given in Wellington unless otherwise marked. Looking for something specific? Try our site search feature.

2008 View complete season brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 99 Kb)

A Tudor Compline — Tallis and Sheppard / dir. Michael Stewart / 4 June 2008

Miserere — Music for Holy Week / dir. Michael Stewart / 21 March 2008

2007 View complete season brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 201 Kb)

Es ist ein Reis entsprungen — Music for Christmas / dir. Michael Stewart / 15 December 2007

Sacré et profane — French choral music of the 20th century / dir. Michael Stewart / 5 October 2007

Renaissance influences — Pizzetti: Messa di Requiem / Palestrina: Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas / dir. Michael Stewart / 29 July 2007

Missa Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas — G P da Palestrina / dir. Michael Stewart / 13 June 2007

Convertere ad Dominum — Victoria’s Lamentations / dir. Michael Stewart / 6 April 2007

Jesus autem transiens — music from the Eton Choirbook / dir. Michael Stewart / 24 February 2007

2006 View complete season brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 471 Kb)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe di Minuit / dir. Robert Oliver / 17 December 2006

J S Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 / dir. Alastair Carey / 30 July 2006

Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium / William Byrd: The Great Service / dir. Simon Ravens / 4 June 2006

G F Handel: Chandos Anthems / dir. Peter Walls / 3 June 2006

Richard Davy: Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christe / dir. Alastair Carey / 2 June 2006

Renaissance choral music for Holy Week: Funeral Sentences, Purcell / dir. Alastair Carey / 14 April 2006

2005 View complete season brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 117 Kb)

Thomas Tallis: Missa Puer Natus est Nobis / dir. Alastair Carey / 18 December 2005

25 October - 9 November: The 37th Tolosa International Choral Competition / Salzburg / Rome / dir. Alastair Carey

“Ancient and Modern”: Tour repertoire for Europe / dir. Alastair Carey / 16, 22 October 2005

“Cantor and Friends”: European tour fundraising recital / dir. Alastair Carey / 18 September 2005

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Bonum est Confiteri Domino / dir. Alastair Carey / 27 August 2005

G P da Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum / dir. Alastair Carey / 24 July 2005

Choral music for ANZAC Day / dir. Alastair Carey / 25 April 2005

Renaissance choral music for Holy Week: Stabat Mater, Lassus / dir. Alastair Carey / Good Friday, 25 March 2005

2004 View complete season brochure in a new window (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 220 Kb)

Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem / dir. Alastair Carey / 18, 19 December 2004

J S Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm / dir. Alastair Carey / 30 October 2004

James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / dir. Alastair Carey / 21 August 2004

Madrigals and verse anthems by 16th and 17th century English composers / dir. Alastair Carey / 13 June 2004

Madrigals, full anthems and Latin motets by 16th and 17th century English composers / dir. Alastair Carey / 6 June 2004

Renaissance choral music for Holy Week: various composers: Miserere mei, Deus: Allegri / dir. Alastair Carey / Good Friday, 9 April 2004

Josquin des Prez: Missa Ave Maris Stella / dir. Alastair Carey / 15 February 2004

2003 View complete season brochure in a new window (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 192 Kb)

Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs / dir. Alastair Carey / 9, 13 December 2003

28 October - 5 November: The 35th Tolosa International Choral Competition / dir. Alastair Carey

A Vespers Meditation: works by Lassus and Ferrabosco / dir. Alastair Carey / 12 September 2003

Thomas Tomkins and Thomas Weelkes: When David Heard / dir. Alastair Carey / 28 June, 6 July 2003

Renaissance choral music for ANZAC Day "Composures" / dir. Alastair Carey / 25 April 2003

Renaissance choral music for Holy Week: various composers: Miserere mei, Deus: Allegri / dir. Alastair Carey / Good Friday, 18 April 2003

Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia / dir. Alastair Carey / 9 March 2003

Thomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Simile est Regnum Coelorum / dir. Alastair Carey / 26 January 2003

2002 View complete season brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 167 Kb)

Henry Purcell: Te Deum Laudamus / Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary / dir. Alastair Carey / 17 December 2002

Thomas Tallis: The Dorian Service: sacred vocal works / dir. Alastair Carey / 15 October 2002

William Byrd: The Three Masses / dir. Alastair Carey / 9, 11 June 2002

Renaissance choral music for Holy Week: various composers / dir. Alastair Carey / Good Friday, 29 March 2002

Orlando Gibbons: The Short Service: excerpts, with additional works by Palestrina and King John IV of Portugal / dir. Alastair Carey / 17 March 2002

Orlando Gibbons: The Short Service / dir. Alastair Carey / 17 February 2002

2001

G P da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli / dir. Alastair Carey / 27 November 2001

2000

Arvo Part: Berliner Mass / dir. Ivan Patterson / 9 December 2000

"Portuguese Splendour": Renaissance music from Portugal / dir. Ivan Patterson / 27 May 2000

1999

Peter Philips: Sacred Music: Song of Simeon / dir. Peter Walls / 10 August 1999

Hildegard von Bingen: Play of the Virtues / dir. Peter Walls / 29, 30 May 1999

G F Handel: Dixit Dominus / Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria / dir. Peter Walls / 15 May 1999

1998

The Ely Sequence: Music from Ely Cathedral / dir. Peter Walls / 19 July 1998

1997

Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / John Blow: Venus and Adonis / dir. Peter Walls / 20 December 1997

Sacred Music of the Spanish Renaissance: works by Ortiz and Victoria / dir. Peter Walls / 7, 17 June 1997

Orlandi de Lassus: St John Passion / dir. Peter Walls / 27, 28 March 1997

1996

William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices / dir. Peter Walls / 21 December 1996

Claudio Monteverdi: Venetian Vespers / dir. Peter Walls / 7 September 1996

1995

"Music for the Coronation of James II": works by Purcell, Child, Turner / dir. Peter Walls / 23 September 1995

Josquin des Prez: MIssa Pange Lingua / dir. Peter Walls / 28 June 1995

1994

"A Lutheran Christmas": works by Bach and Buxtehude / dir. Peter Walls / 19 November 1994

G P da Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria / dir. Peter Walls / 15 June 1994

Heinrich Schutz: St Matthew Passion / dir. Peter Walls / 14 March 1994

1993

Orlandi de Lassus: Lectiones matutinae de Nativitate Christi / dir. Peter Walls / 8 December 1993

Claudio Monteverdi: A Mass for the Nativity of John the Baptist / dir. Peter Walls / 29 June 1993

1992

Orlandi de Lassus: Missa in te Domine Speravi / dir. Simon Ravens / 1 November 1992

Claude Le Jeune: Printemps / dir. Simon Ravens / 31 October 1992

Sermisy: St Matthew Passion / Josquin des Prez: Missa d'ung aultre amer / dir. Simon Ravens / 29 October 1992

Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / dir. Peter Walls / 22 August 1992

Thomas Tallis: Sacred Music: Spem in Alium / dir. Simon Ravens / 10 March 1992

John Sheppard: Missa Cantate / dir. Simon Ravens / 4 March 1992

William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices / dir. Simon Ravens / 2 March 1992

William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices / dir. Simon Ravens / 22 February 1992 / Wanganui

William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices / dir. Simon Ravens / 21 February 1992 / Palmerston North

1991

Hildegard von Bingen: Play of the Virtues / dir. Peter Walls / 6, 8, 10 December 1991

W A Mozart: Missa Brevis in Bb K275 / dir. Peter Walls / 15 September 1991

W A Mozart: Missa Brevis in Bb K275 / dir. Peter Walls / 13 September 1991 / Dunedin

Giovanni Animuccia: Missa Victimae Paschali Laudes / dir. Simon Ravens / 31 March 1991

Orlandi de Lassus: Le Lagrime di San Pietro / dir. Simon Ravens / 30 March 1991

Tenebrae for Good Friday: Miserere mei, Deus: Allegri / dir. Simon Ravens / 29 March 1991

Orlandi de Lassus: Le Lagrime di San Pietro / dir. Simon Ravens / 10 March 1991 / Nelson

1990

Claudio Monteverdi: Venetian Christmas Vespers / dir. Peter Walls / 4 December 1990

G P da Palestrina: Missa Tu Es Petrus / dir. Simon Ravens / 16 September 1990

J S Bach: Motets / Henry Purcell: Funeral Sentences / dir. Simon Ravens / 22 July 1990

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) / dir. Simon Ravens / 13 February 1990 / Nelson

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) / dir. Simon Ravens / 15 February 1989 / Timaru

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) / dir. Simon Ravens / 17 February 1989 / Dunedin

1989

Carols and Lullabies: Jack Body: Five Lullabies / dir. Simon Ravens / 5 December 1989

Carols and Lullabies: Jack Body: Five Lullabies: excerpts / dir. Simon Ravens / 28 November 1989

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) / dir. Simon Ravens / 17 September 1989

The Tudor Consort with lutenist William Bower / dir. Simon Ravens / 16 August 1989

William Byrd: Songs of Sundrie Natures / dir. Simon Ravens / 13 June 1989

“Out of the Deep”: Music for a Virtuoso Bass: The Tudor Consort with Richard Wistreich / dir. Simon Ravens / 22 April 1989

1988

4 - 19 September 1988: Tour of Britain / dir. Simon Ravens

“The Lighte of Candelles”: 16th century English music for the Latin Rite: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 8 May 1988

The Play of Daniel: A Medieval Musical Drama / dir. Simon Ravens / 13 March 1988

1987

J S Bach: Jesu, meine Freude / G F Handel: Dixit Dominus / dir. Simon Ravens / 19 December 1987

G P da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli / dir. Simon Ravens / 20 September 1987

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame / dir. Simon Ravens / 24 June 1987

Music of the Tudor Church: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 21 February 1987 / Dunedin

Music of the Tudor Church: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 19 February 1987 / Christchurch

Music of the Tudor Church: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 17 February 1987 / Nelson

”Pastime with good company…”: Tudor social music: various composers: excerpts / dir. Simon Ravens / 12 February 1987

“Pastime with good company…”: Tudor social music: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 8 February 1987

1986

St Cecilia’s Day Recital: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 22 November 1986

“In quires and places…”: various composers / dir. Simon Ravens / 12 September 1986

Music of the Tudor Church: various composers / dir Simon Ravens / 23 April 1986

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