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Overview
Performance Time: 60 minutes
Tickets available on the door
The Deer's Cry is a powerful exploration of the music of two masters of sacred music, Arvo Pärt and William Byrd.
Whilst coming from very different eras, William Byrd and Arvo Pärt are both considered masters of sacred music despite having faced considerable persecution for their work. This programme presents six of William Byrd’s works from the Cantiones Sacrae including the monumental Tribue, Domine, and the mighty eight-voice motet Ad Dominum cum tribularer. The three works by Arvo Pärt speak in his unmistakable voice, with its unique blend of ancient and modern, and include his mesmerising Nunc dimittis which is crafted in his bell-like ‘tinitinnabuli’ style.
Presented as part of Miller Theatre at Columbia University’s 2024-25 Early Music series
PROGRAMME
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Byrd
Diliges Dominum
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Byrd
Christe qui lux es et dies
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Pärt
The Deer’s Cry
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Byrd
Emendemus in melius
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Pärt
the woman with the alabaster box
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Byrd
Miserere mihi Domine
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Byrd
Ad Dominum cum tribularer
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Tallis / Byrd
Miserere nostri
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Pärt
Nunc Dimittis
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Byrd
Laetentur coeli
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Byrd
Tribue Domine
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor