# Tallis Scholars at First Congregational Church, April 27, 2023

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/events/2022-23/early-music/the-tallis-scholars-peter-phillips-director/) presents [Tallis Scholars](http://www.thetallisscholars.co.uk/)  
[First Congregational Church](http://fccb.org/)  
[2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2201 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2345+Channing+Way,+Berkeley,+CA+94704-2201+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, April 27, 2023

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## Set One

[7:35 PM] {performers out}

01. [7:36 PM] Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625): _O clap your hands_
02. [7:42 PM] Thomas Tallis (1505–1585): _Suscipe quaeso_ (ca. 1554)
03. \[7:52 PM] [Nico Muhly](http://nicomuhly.com/) \(b. 1981): _Rough Notes_ (2018; West Coast Premiere)
04. [8:03 PM] William Byrd (ca. 1540–1623): _Tribue domine_ (1575)  
[8:15 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[8:35 PM] {lights down, performers out}

01. [8:36 PM] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca. 1525–1594): _Te e Petrus_ (1572)
02. \[8:43 PM] [John Rutter](https://johnrutter.com/) \(b. 1945): _Hymn to the Creator of Light_ (1993)  
[8:50 PM] {drop two of the female singers}
03. [8:51 PM] Nicolas Gombert (1495–1560): _Lubegat David Absalon_  
[9:00 PM] {drop one of the two remaining female singers and one of the two male bass singers}
04. [9:01 PM] Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450–1521): _Alsalon, fili mi_ (ca. 1513)  
[9:05 PM] {back to the full choir}
05. [9:06 PM] Arvo Pärt (b.1935): _Which was the Son of…_ (2000)  
[9:13 PM] {set ends; all off, but back quickly}  
   
**Encore**  
[9:15 PM] {PP announces the encore}
06. [9:16 PM] Pärt: _Bogoróditse Djévo (Church Slavonic version of Ave Maria)_ (1990)  
[9:18 PM] {show ends}


## Performers

[Tallis Scholars](http://www.thetallisscholars.co.uk/)

* Tom Castle: tenor vox; 
* Steven Harrold: tenor vox; 
* Amy Haworth: soprano vox; 
* Piers Kennedy: bass vox; 
* Rebecca Lea: soprano vox; 
* Victoria Meteyard: soprano vox; 
* Elisabeth Paul: alto vox; 
* Peter Phillips: director;
* Caroline Trevor: alto vox; 
* Emma Walshe: soprano vox; 
* Tim Scott Whiteley: bass vox.
## Notes

It was a real treat to hear the exquisite singing of the Tallis Scholars tonight. Hard to imagine that Phillips has been at it for fifty years.

Except for Phillips' announcement of the encore piece, not a word was spared for the crowd. The unsaid message must have been, "Just listen!"

[Program Notes](https://calperformances.org/program-notes/2022-23/the-tallis-scholars-peter-phillips-director/) or {{:2023:2023-04:20230427pn.pdf|program notes}}

Michael Zwiebach posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/tallis-scholars-celebrate-50-very-busy-years-retrospective) of the show with SFCV.

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