Cal Performances presents The Tallis Scholars
2015-04-10
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA
8:00 PM, Friday, April 10, 2015

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Works by Josquin, Byrd, Muhly, and Part

[8:04 PM lights down]

Josquin Des Prez (ca. 1450/1455–1521): Gaude virgo

1. [8:05 PM] (no tempo indicated)
   [work ends 8:08 PM]

Josquin Des Prez (ca. 1450/1455–1521): Missa Pange lingua (ca. 1515)

1. [8:09 PM] Kyrie
2. [8:12 PM] Gloria
3. [8:16 PM] Credo
4. [8:24 PM] Santus
5. [8:29 PM] Benedictus
6. [8:32 PM] Agnus Dei
   [set ends 8:39 PM; all off after a minute or so for applause]

[8:55 PM lights down, the group enters from backstage]

1. [8:55 PM] William Byrd (ca. 1543–1623): Cunctis Diebus (from Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), no. 30; text is from Job 14:14, 10:20-22)
2. [9:01 PM] Nico Muhly (b. 1981): Recordare Dominum (2013)
3. [9:08 PM] Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Tribute to Caesar (1997)
4. [9:15 PM] Byrd: Diliges Dominum (from Cantiones Sacrae (1575), no. 25; text is from Matthew 22: 37 & 39)
5. [9:19 PM] Byrd: Tribue Domine (from Cantiones Sacrae (1575), nos. 30-32)
   [set ends 9:30 PM; all off after a minute or so for applause]
    
   Encore
   [Brief Introductory remarks by Peter Phillips]
6. [9:33 PM] Byrd: Justorum Animae (Offertory for the Feast of All Saints; text is from Wisdom 3:1-2a,3b.)
   [show ends 9:36 PM; all off after a minute or so for applause]

• Emily Atkinson: soprano vox;
• Amy Haworth: soprano vox;
• Ruth Provost: soprano vox;
• Tim Scott Whiteley: bass vox;
• Caroline Trevor: alto vox;
• Simon Wall: tenor vox;
• Emma Walshe: soprano vox;
• Christopher Watson: tenor vox;
• Clare Wilkinson: alto vox.
   
• Peter Phillips: director.

I enjoyed sitting up close tonight – second row, just to the outside edge of the arc of the chorus, and I think it made for a more powerful effect to hear the amazing harmonies of the group up close, without the addition of recent echo from the rest of the church.

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2015 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2015 event list! ☸ On to the next event!