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
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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