The Cardinall's Musick: Performance Diary

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Concert: Wigmore Hall (Tuesday 18 July 2017, 7.30 pm)

Crying to the Lord in times of darkness has given rise to some of the most powerful music ever written. In a programme titled Out of the Deep, The Cardinall’s Musick and Andrew Carwood give voice to the austere beauty of Morales’s Requiem mass, a darkly sonorous and powerful setting of the sung portions of the Requiem Mass and one of his finest compositions. The programme also features English music of the utmost simplicity with Tye and Morley’s direct settings of the words of hope and release spoken by Simeon on his first meeting with Christ, alongside Byrd’s Tristia et anxietas and Tallis’ De lamentatione.

Booking now open.

Book by telephone on 020 7935 2141, in person at 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U or online at https://wigmore-hall.org.uk

 

Date: Tuesday 18 July 2017, 7.30 pm    Venue: Wigmore Hall »

Concert: Three Choirs Festival (Thursday 27 July 2017, 3.00 pm)

In the sixteenth century, England stood apart from the rest of the European mainland with a musical inheritance which was radically different.  During the life of Henry VIII, English composers had produced huge and awe-inspiring settings of texts in honour of the Virgin Mary and these were the models for the mid-century writers Tallis, Sheppard and Mundy.  This afternoon concert is a rare opportunity to hear four magnificent Tudor ‘symphonies’ in one concert.  Full of colour and drama, they push the limits of invention and scoring and are in a league which European composers could not even imagine.  Set in between are more modest ‘sorbets’ to allow the ear to rest and hear that the English could excel at miniature pieces as well.

Booking now open.

See www.3choirs.org for more information.

Date: Thursday 27 July 2017, 3.00 pm    Venue: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester