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Works by Thomas Tallis • William Byrd • Benjamin Britten • John Nesbett • John Taverner • Matthew Martin
For more than 50 years, the legendary singers of The Tallis Scholars have earned international acclaim for performances of unparalleled purity and clarity.
Founding director Peter Phillips leads these transcendent voices in a seasonal program of music from the English repertoire written about the Virgin Mary. Whether celebrating her own divinity in Byrd’s Votive Mass or her role as the mother of Christ as in Tallis’s epic Missa Puer natus, these selections are some of the most glorious works of the Renaissance. The program also includes Britten’s timeless A Hymn to the Virgin and a newly commissioned piece by Matthew Martin.
Through their recordings and concert performances, The Tallis Scholars have established themselves as the leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world. It is the resulting beauty of sound for which they have become so widely renowned — clear, balanced, and reverent — bringing out the finest detail in even the most intricate music.
The return of this exquisite ensemble to Montréal will illuminate five centuries of English sacred music in a profoundly moving program celebrating the season of Advent: with beauty, stillness, and awe.
PROGRAM
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) : Missa Puer natus est nobis – Gloria
William Byrd (c.1540-1623) : Messe votive de la Vierge
• Ave maris stella
• Rorate caeli
• Tollite portas
• Ave Maria
• Ecce virgo concipiet
Matthew Martin (b.1976) : Salve Regina*
Thomas Tallis : Missa Puer natus est nobis – Sanctus et Agnus Dei
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) : A Hymn to the Virgin
John Taverner (1490-1545) : Mater Christi
John Nesbett (? – c.1488) : Magnificat
* New work (commissioned by Miller Theatre at Columbia University)
PERFORMERS
Amy Haworth – soprano • Daisy Walford – soprano • Sumei Bao-Smith – soprano • Elisabeth Paul – alto • Anna Semple – alto • Simon Ponsford – alto • Steven Harrold – tenor • Tom Castle – tenor • Tim Scott Whiteley – bass • Ben Davies – bass
Peter Phillips – director
