We are delighted to return to Sherborne Abbey Festival with a distinctly British programme spanning over 500 years of choral music.

16th-century composers Tallis and Byrd wrote at times of religious turmoil and national upheaval, producing magnificent works of beauty and musical mastery. Their legacy can be traced to some of Britain’s most celebrated 20th and 21st century composers, including Britten, Tippett and Sir James MacMillan, whose works complete this enlightening programme.

PROGRAMME

  • Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter 1 - 8

    Tallis

  • Salvator mundi

    Tallis

  • The Silver Swan

    Gibbons

  • In manus tuas III

    Sheppard

  • Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

    Tippett

  • O nata lux

    Tallis

  • Laudibus in sanctis

    Byrd

  • O sacrum convivium

    Tallis

  • Loquebantur variis linguis

    Tallis

  • This sweet and merry month of May

    Byrd

  • April is in my mistress’ face

    Morley

  • Mitte manum tuam

    James MacMillan

  • Gloriana Dances

    Britten

PERFORMERS

  • The Sixteen
  • Harry Christophers conductor

Meet the Performers

Alexandra Kidgell

Soprano

Meet the Performers

Alexandra Kidgell

Soprano

Venue details

Sherborne Abbey

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