Darkness to Light - The Tallis Scholars
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1930 - 2100
Description:
The journey behind this program is an obvious one at this time of year. We proceed from the darkness associated with Lent to the hope and joy which is Easter in the Christian calendar. We start with the mood of Lent, beautifully captured in these two English settings of the Lamentations (White and Tallis), with their intense settings of the traditional words of complaint, offset by the greater reflection provided by the Hebrew letters which punctuate the text (Caph, Lamed and Mem in the White).
In the second half of the concert we join in worship of Jesus and Mary as they fulfill the Easter prophecy: Jesus in Parsons’s magnificent setting of O bone Jesu; Mary in the Ave Maria and Regina caeli settings. The message of these pieces is then summed up in the complete cycle of Byrd’s Propers for Easter Day – five motets which take us through the drama of the Crucifixion. Listen out for the fourth one, where in no more than a minute Byrd describes in music the shaking of the earth when Christ died – Terra tremuit.
– Peter Phillips
Program:
Robert White Lamentations II
Robert White Exaudiat te
Thomas Tallis Lamentations II
Intermission
Robert Parsons O bone Jesu
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
Robert White Regina caeli
William Byrd Easter Propers
Resurrexi
Haec dies
Victimae paschali
Terra tremuit
Pascha nostrum
Doors open at 6:45; pre-concert talk at 7:00.
Youth and students are admitted free at the door.
URLs:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2167802-2?pid=2874
Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/2167802-3?pid=2874
Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Music
Prices:
General Admission: CAD 44.00,
Seniors: CAD 40.00,
Youth/Students: CAD 0.00
Artist: The Tallis Scholars
The journey behind this program is an obvious one at this time of year. We proceed from the darkness associated with Lent to the hope and joy which is Easter in the Christian calendar. We start with the mood of Lent, beautifully captured in these two English settings of the Lamentations (White and Tallis), with their intense settings of the traditional words of complaint, offset by the greater reflection provided by the Hebrew letters which punctuate the text (Caph, Lamed and Mem in the White).
In the second half of the concert we join in worship of Jesus and Mary as they fulfill the Easter prophecy: Jesus in Parsons’s magnificent setting of O bone Jesu; Mary in the Ave Maria and Regina caeli settings. The message of these pieces is then summed up in the complete cycle of Byrd’s Propers for Easter Day – five motets which take us through the drama of the Crucifixion. Listen out for the fourth one, where in no more than a minute Byrd describes in music the shaking of the earth when Christ died – Terra tremuit.
– Peter Phillips
Program:
Robert White Lamentations II
Robert White Exaudiat te
Thomas Tallis Lamentations II
Intermission
Robert Parsons O bone Jesu
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
Robert White Regina caeli
William Byrd Easter Propers
Resurrexi
Haec dies
Victimae paschali
Terra tremuit
Pascha nostrum
Doors open at 6:45; pre-concert talk at 7:00.
Youth and students are admitted free at the door.
URLs:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2167802-2?pid=2874
Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/2167802-3?pid=2874
Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Music
Prices:
General Admission: CAD 44.00,
Seniors: CAD 40.00,
Youth/Students: CAD 0.00
Artist: The Tallis Scholars
Starting Price Per Person
Free
Other Information
Where
Christ Church Cathedral
911 Quadra Street
Victoria British Columbia V8V 3G8
Canada
( Religious - Church - Temple )
911 Quadra Street
Victoria British Columbia V8V 3G8
Canada
( Religious - Church - Temple )
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