Spem in Alium: Thomas Tallis 1505?-1585
The Great Service: William Byrd 1540?-1623

A stunning programme of sacred repertoire from the height of the English Tudor period conducted by The Tudor Consort’s founding director Simon Ravens, including Thomas Tallis’s epic tour de force for 40 voices Spem in Alium and William Byrd’s masterpiece for the Anglican church, The Great Service, in a unique performance featuring reconstructed Tudor pronunciation.

This performance was part of the 2006 Subscription Series (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 471kb)

This performance was part of The Tudor Consort’s 20th Anniversary

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Programme

Miserere nostri: Thomas Tallis
Videte miraculum: Thomas Tallis
Christe qui lux es et dies: Robert White
Libera nos, salva nos: John Sheppard

Spem in alium: Thomas Tallis

Interval

The Great Service: William Byrd

Hymns and Songs of the Church: Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands together: Orlando Gibbons

Sing and Glorify: Thomas Tallis

Academia Sanctae Mariae Baroque Orchestra
leader Gregory Squire
directed by Robert Oliver

8pm*, Sunday 4 June 2006
St Mary of the Angels
Boulcott Street, Wellington
$32 / $19

* pre-concert talk at 7.30pm

dir. Simon Ravens

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