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.

PROGRAMME

  • Byrd

    Diliges Dominum

  • Byrd

    Christe qui lux es et dies

  • Pärt

    The Deer’s Cry

  • Byrd

    Emendemus in melius

  • Pärt

    the woman with the alabaster box

  • Byrd

    Miserere mihi Domine

  • Byrd

    Ad Dominum cum tribularer

  • Tallis / Byrd

    Miserere nostri

  • Tallis

    When Jesus went

  • Byrd

    O lux beata Trinitas

  • Pärt

    Nunc Dimittis

  • Byrd

    Laetentur coeli

  • Byrd

    Tribue Domine

PERFORMERS

  • The Sixteen
  • Harry Christophers conductor

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Alexandra Kidgell

Soprano

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Alexandra Kidgell

Soprano

Venue details

Cathedral Basilica of St Louis

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