'Let Me Not Stray': Tallis and the Tudors
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Thomas Tallis — Suscipe quaeso Domine
Thomas Tallis — Lamentations of Jeremiah I
Thomas Tallis — Salvator Mundi
John Taverner — Kyrie Leroy
Thomas Tallis — If ye love me keep my commandments
Thomas Tallis — Magnificat
Thomas Tallis — Nunc Dimittis
Robert White — Christe qui lux est dies IV
Thomas Tallis — Te lucis ante terminum
Thomas Tallis — Videte miraculum
“Let Me Not Stray” seeks to illuminate the many personae of Thomas Tallis, chapel musician to the final four Tudor rulers: Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Tallis had the good fortune to enter into the English choral scene at its zenith, with the cultivation of virtuosic, colorful and highly elaborate polyphony. Yet while sixteenth-century England endured a time of dramatic religious upheaval, Tallis expertly navigated the shifting tides by composing sacred music to suit his devout employers. This program runs the gamut of Tallis’s output: from the austere English service music composed for Edward VI, to the extravagant many-voiced polyphony under Queen Mary I, and finally culminating in the mature, carefully-constructed motets composed for Queen Elizabeth and published in partnership with William Byrd.
Highlights of this program include Suscipe qaeso Domine, O nata lux, and Lamentations of Jeremiah 1, as well as additional pieces by Taverner and White.
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PROGRAM:
Tallis – Salvator mundi 1
Taverner – Kyrie Leroy
Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Tallis – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Dorian Service)
Tallis – Suscipe quaeso Domine
Tallis – O nata lux
Tallis – Tunes from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
First Tune, Third Tune, Sixth Tune
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah 1
White – Christe qui lux IV
Tallis – Te lucis ante terminum (Ferial Setting)
Tallis – Videte miraculum
About Sine Nomine: Renaissance Choir
The Renaissance choir Sine Nomine, directed by Dr. Anne Lyman, is a Community Collegium ensemble, part of the community outreach program of Early Music Seattle (EMS). Founded in 2008 by conductor Gary D. Cannon and singer/manager Pamela Silimperi, Sine Nomine is a mixed-voice chamber choir specializing in the fine performance of early music, including sacred and secular works from all regions. The ensemble’s repertoire ranges from the late Medieval to the Baroque, with special emphasis on Renaissance works of the 15th and 16th centuries. Most of the participants in Sine Nomine also sing in other choruses, ranging from church choirs to semi-professional ensembles.
Sine Nomine is a proud member of the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC).
https://earlymusicseattle.org/sine-nomine-renaissance-choir/