"The Lighte of Candelles"
16th century English music for the Latin Rite
Sunday 8 May 1988, 8pm
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Cnr Molesworth and Hill St
Wellington
Directed by Simon Ravens
In April 1986 The Tudor Consort gave its inaugural recital of 16th century English sacred music. The group later toured this programme in the South Island; the group's subsequent recording was also music of the Tudor Church. For this their final performance before touring Britain later in 1988 The Tudor Consort returns to this repertoire with a programme featuring music by four of the finest composers working in England around the time of the reformation: Tallis, Byrd, Ferrabosco (the Elder) and Dowland.
Programme
Suscipe Quaeso Domine: Thomas Tallis 1505?-1585
In Manus Tuas: Thomas Tallis
Candidi facti sunt: Thomas Tallis
O Nata Lux de Lumine: Thomas Tallis
Qui Fundasti Terram: Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder 1543-1588
Emendemus in Melius: William Byrd 1540?-1623
Peccantem me Quotidie: William Byrd
Peccantem me Quotidie: Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder
Ad Dominum cum Tribularer: Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder
Interval
Lamentatio Henrici Noell: John Dowland 1563-1625
i. O Lord turn not away thy face
ii. Lord in thy wrath
iii. O Lord consider my distress
iv. O Lord of whom I do depend
v. Where righteousness doth say
vi. Lord to thee I make my moan
vii. Lord hear my prayer
An Heart that's Broken: John Dowland
Laetentur Coeli: William Byrd
Look down, O Lord: William Byrd
Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
i. Man blest no doubt
ii. Let God arise in majesty
iii. Why fum'th in sight
iv. O come in one to praise the Lord
v. E'en like the hunted hind
vi. Expend O Lord my plaint of word
vii. Why brag'st in malice high
viii. God grant we grace