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Sacred Music: Thomas Tallis 1505?-1585

Spem in Alium / Videte Miraculum / Lamentations of Jeremiah / Eight Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter

Tuesday 10 March 1992, 8pm


Pre-concert talk 7.30pm

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Cnr Molesworth and Hill St
Wellington

Directed by Simon Ravens

Thomas Tallis was arguably the most versatile composer before Stravinsky, and one of the most prodigiously gifted of any age. This concert reflected the diversity of musical styles encompassed by Tallis's religious works; from the simple writing of the Eight Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter to the complexity of Salve intemerata virgo; from the plainsong organ hymn Ecce tempus to the massive polyphonic canvas of the 40-part motet Spem in alium; from the austere minature Hear the voice and prayer for men's voices to the radiant and sonorous Videte miraculum. Although diverse in style, together these works give evidence that Tallis's mastery as a composer of sacred music encompassed virtually every idiom of the time.

Programme

Miserere nostri
O nata lux
Suscipe, quaeso Domine

Salve intemerata Virgo

Ecce tempus idoneum
Hear the voice and prayer

Videte miraculum

Lamentations of Jeremiah I

Spem in alium

Eight Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter

Musical Director

Michael Stewart

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