Renaissance Influences II
Howells and the Tudor tradition
Sunday 19 October 2008, 2pm
Pre-concert talk 1.45pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Hill Street
Wellington
Directed by Michael Stewart
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.
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
This concert was part of the 2008 Performance Series.
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