Renaissance Influences II — Howells and the Tudor tradition

The Tudor Consort’s Renaissance Influences II programme features iconic English composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983), whose early a cappella works for Westminster Cathedral betray his self-confessed affinity to the Tudor period. Written whilst a student at the Royal College of Music, the Mass in the Dorian Mode is a modern take on the polyphonic style of centuries past.

The programme also features Howell’s settings of the Nunc Dimittis and Regina caeli, alongside gems of the Tudor repertoire by Tallis, Byrd and Weelkes. 

This performance is part of the 2008 Subscription Series

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Programme

Haec Dies — William Byrd

Mass in the Dorian Mode — Herbert Howells

  • Kyrie
  • Gloria

Loquebantur variis linguis — Thomas Tallis

Mass in the Dorian Mode — Herbert Howells

  • Credo

When David heard — Thomas Weelkes

Nunc Dimittis — Gustav Holst

Interval

Regina Caeli — Herbert Howells

Factus est repente — William Byrd

Mass in the Dorian Mode — Herbert Howells

  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus
  • Osanna II

Salvator Mundi — Thomas Tallis

Mass in the Dorian Mode — Herbert Howells

  • Agnus Dei I
  • Agnus Dei II

Ave Maria — Robert Parsons

Haec Dies — Herbert Howells


$25 / $15 — door sales and online booking
2pm*, Sunday 19 October
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill Street, Wellington

*Pre-concert talk at 1.45pm

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