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
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Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter 1 - 8
Tallis
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Salvator mundi
Tallis
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The Silver Swan
Gibbons
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In manus tuas III
Sheppard
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Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Tippett
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O nata lux
Tallis
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Laudibus in sanctis
Byrd
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O sacrum convivium
Tallis
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Loquebantur variis linguis
Tallis
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This sweet and merry month of May
Byrd
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April is in my mistress’ face
Morley
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Mitte manum tuam
James MacMillan
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Gloriana Dances
Britten
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor