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Overview
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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.
Part of the 2025 Canterbury Festival
PROGRAMME
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Hildegard of Bingen
Ave, generosa (v 1-4)
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Pärt
Tribute to Caesar
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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
Ad Dominum cum tribularer
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Hildegard of Bingen
Ave, generosa (v. 5-7)
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Pärt
Da pacem Domine
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Tallis / Byrd
Miserere nostri
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Pärt
Nunc Dimittis
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Byrd
Vigilate
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Byrd
Tribue Domine
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor