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York Minster
Deangate
York
YO1 7HH
England
Programme
William Byrd – Emendemus in melius
Arvo Pärt – Nunc Dimittis
William Byrd – O lux beata Trinitas
Thomas Tallis – When Jesus went
Thomas Tallis – Miserere nostri
William Byrd – Ad Dominum cum tribularer
William Byrd – Miserere mihi Domine
William Byrd – Diliges Dominum
William Byrd – Christe qui lux es et dies
Arvo Pärt – The Deer’s Cry
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Performers
Harry Christophers – Conductor
The Sixteen
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Programme Note
The Sixteen
directed by Harry Christophers
The Deer’s Cry
Music by Byrd, Tallis and Arvo Pärt
Although separated by over four centuries, the music of the Elizabethan Englishman William Byrd and the contemporary Estonian Arvo Pärt makes for a perfect match. Both composers spent many years facing adversity and persecution, and both sought solace through their sacred music. Together with works by another great master of sacred music, Byrd’s teacher Thomas Tallis, they contribute to what should be another magical occasion in the nave of the glorious York Minster. Works include lavish Latin motets by Byrd, Tallis’s When Jesus went, and Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry and Nunc dimittis.
