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Alamire sings Taverner
Works by John Taverner (1490-1545)
Part of the Christ Church: Five Centuries of Music - 2025 Festival
Add to my Calendar 19-11-2025 20:00 19-11-2025 22:00 36 Alamire sings Taverner John Taverner (d. 1545) is arguably the most famous of all early Tudor composers, and he became the first Informator Choristarum at Christ Church (then known as Cardinal College) in 1526. Alamire, consisting of the world’s finest consort singers under the directorship of David Skinner, perform some of Taverner’s most expansive and flamboyant creations, including the great Votive Aniphons Ave Dei patris filia, Gaude plurimum and O splendor gloriae. Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Christ Church Cathedral
St Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1DP
England
Tickets
Prices: From £15 / £7.50 concessions
Booking line: 01865 244 806
Book Tickets
Programme
John Taverner – Dum Transisset Sabbatum
John Taverner – Gaude plurimum
John Taverner – Mater Christi sanctissima
John Taverner – Ave Dei Patris Filia
~ Interval ~
John Taverner – Quemadmodum
John Taverner – Audivi vocem de coelo
John Taverner – O Wilhelme pastor bone
John Taverner – O splendor gloriae
Performers
Daisy Walford – soprano
Rachel Haworth – soprano
Martha McLorinan – mezzo-soprano
Joy Sutcliffe – mezzo-soprano
Thomas Castle – tenor
Edward Woodhouse – tenor
Angus McPhee – baritone
David Le Provost – baritone
Thomas Lowen – baritone
Thomas Lowen – Bass
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Programme Note
John Taverner (d. 1545) is arguably the most famous of all early Tudor composers, and he became the first Informator Choristarum at Christ Church (then known as Cardinal College) in 1526.
Alamire, consisting of the world’s finest consort singers under the directorship of David Skinner, perform some of Taverner’s most expansive and flamboyant creations, including the great Votive Aniphons Ave Dei patris filia, Gaude plurimum and O splendor gloriae.
