The Tallis Scholars: Palestrina 500
$35-$50 ($25 student/senior); or pay as able
- Peter Phillips, conductor
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Laudate pueri dominum a 8
Orlando di Lasso (Orlande de Lassus) — Media vita, LV 514
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Tribulationes civitatum
Orlando di Lasso (Orlande de Lassus) — Timor et tremor, LV 194
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Tu es Petrus
A master of counterpoint and prolific composer of more than 105 masses and 250 motets, Palestrina is recognized as one of the most influential figures in all of music history. His spiritual works represent the peak of Italian polyphony. The Tallis Scholars celebrate Palestrina's 500th birthday with a program that includes one of his lesser-known mass settings Missa Ut re mi fa sol la, two of his greatest motets, and works by his contemporary, Orlando di Lasso. The Tallis Scholars have sung Palestrina's music more than that of any other composer, in the process winning a Gramophone Award for their now-classic Palestrina recording.
About The Tallis Scholars
Over five decades of performance and a catalogue of award-winning recordings for Gimell, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have done more than any other group to establish sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music.
They have sought to bring Renaissance works to a wider audience in churches, cathedrals and venues on every continent on the planet except Antarctica! These include the Royal Albert Hall, the Sistine Chapel, the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall New York, the Philharmonic Hall Berlin, Saint Mark's Venice, Seoul Arts Centre Korea, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Megaron Athens, and the Sydney Opera House.
The Tallis Scholars continue to develop their exclusive sound, praised by reviewers for its supple clarity and tone, and to bring fresh interpretations to music by contemporary as well as past composers, such as Pärt, Tavener, Whitacre, Muhly, and Jackson.
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