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Music of the Tudor Church

Wednesday 23 April 1986, 8pm

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Cnr Molesworth and Hill St
Wellington

Directed by Simon Ravens

The history of the Tudor Church, from Henry’s infamous break with Rome to the eventual Anglican Church of Elizabeth is a complex patchwork of reformation and counter-reformation, idealism and ignorance, personal ambition and political treachery. It therefore comes as no surprise to find that the church music of the Reformation period is particularly diverse in both style and religious content.

This performance of music of the Tudor Church was The Tudor Consort’s inaugural performance.
  

Programme

Motet: Miserere nostri: Thomas Tallis
Motet: Videte Miraculum: Thomas Tallis
Hymns: Four Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: Thomas Tallis

Anthem: O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth: William Byrd
Gradual: Haec Dies: William Byrd
Motet: Ne irascaris, Domine: William Byrd

Motet: Libera nos, salva nos: John Sheppard

Interval

Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all thing: William Mundy

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

Motet: Christe qui lux es et dies: Robert White

Introit: O nata lux de lumine: Thomas Tallis
 

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Review

“Superb — this choir already occupies a unique place in our musical life after just one concert. May there soon be more.”

The Dominion, 1 April 1986

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Musical Director

Michael Stewart

2023 Performance Series

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Bach’s St Matthew Passion – With the Chiesa Ensemble

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