Eight Days

Join luminatus Vocal Ensemble and Cantata Dramatica for an inspiring programme of great music focused on the life of Mary Queen of Scots.

Luminatus performs Renaissance music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and Claudin de Sermisy. The second half offers the première (outside London) of Eight Days, an opera by Louis Mander, with libretto by soprano Louisa Petaï, who also sings the role of Mary. It provides a moving and emotional account of the last days of Mary Queen of Scots in Fotheringhay, based on her letters and other contemporary historical sources.

Programme:
Janequin Missa la Bataille, Kyrie
Sermisy Ave Sanctissima Maria
Pierre Certon Missa Pro defunctis, Sanctus
Byrd Four part mass, Benedictus
Byrd Four part mass, Agnus Dei
Tallis Sancte Deus
Tallis If ye love me
Louis Mander O Magnum Mysterium

Performers:
Louisa Petaï soprano
luminatus
Cantata Dramatica