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Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Thomas Tallis – Miserere nostri
Thomas Tallis – Sancte deus
Thomas Tallis – If ye love me
Thomas Tallis – Hear the Voice and Prayer
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah 2
Thomas Tallis – Derelinquat impius
Thomas Tallis – In ieiunio et fletu
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium nunquam habui à 40
Performers
Peter Phillips – Conductor
The Tallis Scholars
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Programme Note
Thomas Tallis’ epic motet Spem in alium remains one of the most astonishing creations of the human mind. There is a theory that it was first performed in 1570, making 2020 the 450th anniversary of that event. True or not, one hardly needs a special reason for presenting Spem in alium.
Surrounding it with more music by Thomas Tallis gives us an opportunity to understand just how versatile he was. Big and small, Catholic and Protestant, he excelled in every genre, influencing all the English musicians of his time, and for generations to come.
‘… as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall …’
