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Tenebrae
Tallis: Spem in alium
Tenebrae visits Ely Cathedral for a spectacular concert as part of the Aldeburgh Festival, performing music written for great spaces and sacred rituals: the 20th-century John Tavener, whose work looks back through the ages to draw its inspiration from chant and devotion, and the Renaissance figurehead Tallis, whose famous 40-part motet Spem in Alium (“Hope in any other”) is of impressive scale and beauty. Unsuk Chin’s companion piece draws on fragments of its melody and harmony – a method also used by Roderick Williams, whose colourful Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined is based on a work of Tallis’ contemporary William Byrd. The programme is completed by gloriously colourful and dramatic works by composers Sir James MacMillan, Eric Whitacre, and Judith Weir.
Programme:
Gibbons, arr. Forshaw: Drop, drop slow tears | Tavener: Song for Athene | Byrd: Ave verum corpus | Roderick Williams: Ave verum corpus Re-imagined | Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God | Judith Weir: A Wreath | Tavener: Mother and Child
Interval
Tavener: Funeral Ikos | Eric Whitacre: When David Heard | Unsuk Chin: Nulla est finis – a prelude to ‘Spem in alium’ (first UK performance) | Tallis: Spem in alium | James MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver | Eric Whitacre: Her Sacred Spirit Soars
- 🎉Aldeburgh Festival
- 📅Wed 12 June 2024
- 📍Ely Cathedral
- 🕑7:00pm
- 🎫£17.50 - £43
Location
Ely Cathedral
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