The Sixteen - Choral Pilgrimage 2010
13 May 2010 , From 19:30
The Old Royal Naval College Chapel
‘Ceremony & Devotion – Music for the Tudors’
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Choral Pilgrimage, The Sixteen return to the original aim of the tour: to restore to our great cathedrals and churches the sounds that once breathed life into their stones.
The focus of the programme is some of the finest music by three leading Tudor composers: William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard. All three composers lived through decades of religious turmoil in mid-sixteenth-century England and expressed, in different ways, their devotion to the Catholic faith.
William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
John Sheppard (c.1515-1559?)
Byrd
Haec dies
Infelix ego
Laudibus in sanctis
Tallis
Iam Christus astra ascenderat
Jesu Salvator saeculi, Verbum Patris
Miserere nostri
Sheppard
Media vita in morte sumus
Sacris solemniis iuncta sint gaudia
A workshop for keen choral singers will be held in London in late March giving you the opportunity to explore some of the Pilgrimage repertoire in greater detail. For more details contact info@thesixteen.com
Ticket price: £35, £25, £15 - concessions for registered disabled and under 18s
Box Office: Greenwich Tourist Information: 0870 608 2000 or National Centre for Early Music: 01904 651 485 / http://www.ncem.co.uk
