Byrd Ensemble: Allegri Miserere
$35-$55 ($30 senior, $25 student)
Thomas Tallis — Suscipe quaeso Domine
John Tavener — Funeral Ikos
Manuel Cardoso — Sitivit anima mea
Eric Whitacre — Sainte-Chapelle
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus
Arvo Pärt — Which was the son of…
Robert White — Exaudiat te
The centerpiece of this program of Renaissance and modern music is Allegri's Miserere. The work was exclusively sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, though legend says that a 14-year old Mozart visited Rome and wrote out the piece perfectly from memory after just one hearing, sending the Vatican's guarded secret into the world. The psalm setting is famously known for a high C, sung by a soprano soloist.
The program also features two elaborate psalm settings by English Renaissance composers Robert White and John Sheppard and motets by modern composers John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, and Arvo Pärt.
This program will receive 2 in-person performances:
- Saturday, April 27 at 7:30pm at Holy Rosary Catholic Church
- Sunday, April 28 at 2pm at Trinity Parish Church
It will also be recorded and released online as a digital broadcast on May 11 at 1pm Pacific.