English splendour from the sixteenth century
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Fri 16 Oct 202620:15 - 22:00Grote Zaal
1 Normaal € 45,00 CJP € 36,00 Stadspas € 36,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50 2 Normaal € 36,00 CJP € 36,00 Stadspas € 36,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50
Program
Robert White Christe qui lux es III and IV / Exaudiat te Dominus
William Byrd Mass for four voices
Thomas Tallis Loquebantur / O sacrum convivium / Sancte Deus / Miserere nostri / If ye love me
William Mundy Vox Patris caelestis
Credits
Tenebrae
Nigel Short conductor
Dive deep into the beauty of the English Renaissance with the beloved choir Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short. Experience fascinating choral music by greats such as William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, composed during an era of religious upheaval and artistic flourishing. King Henry VIII proclaimed himself head of the Church of England, breaking away from the authority of the Pope. Thomas Tallis witnessed it from the inner circle. Tenebrae performs this repertoire with ‘full-blooded passion, precise yet never pretentious, highly disciplined yet unaffected and warm’, according to BBC Music.
In the 2024 - 2025 season, Tenebrae impressed audiences with Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, written in 2005. Now, the choir returns to the source of the centuries-old English choral tradition with Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, an intimate mass that reflects personal devotion and quiet resistance. It is framed by motets by Tallis and White. ‘Flawless and ecstatic polyphonic harmonies’, wrote The Times about this top-notch choir.
