Tudor Church Music
The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford
6 March 2014
Regional Culture Centre, Letterkenny
8 March 2014
National Concert Hall , Dublin
18 April 2014
Programme
Orlando Gibbons—O clap your hands together
William Byrd—Prevent us O Lord
William Byrd—Mass for four voices: Kyrie & Gloria
Thomas Tallis—Lamentations of Jeremiah (1st set - ATTBB)
Thomas Tallis—O nata lux de lumine
Thomas Tallis—Salvator Mundi
John Taverner—In Trouble and Adversity
William Byrd—Mass for four voices: Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Performers
Chamber Choir Ireland
Paul Hillier—Conductor
A portrait in sound of the golden age of English music
The Tudor period represents what has invariably become known as the golden age in English music. Chamber Choir Ireland, under Artistic Director, Paul Hillier, presents a programme of Tudor music focusing on some of the best known church music of the time centered around the larger works of William Byrd’s Mass for 4 voices and Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah interspersed with motets and anthems by Gibbons, Tallis, Morley and Taverner. Visiting Waterford, Letterkenny, and our home base at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, members of Chamber Choir Ireland will also provide workshops for local choirs in Waterford and Letterkenny. The final performance in Dublin is presented on Good Friday in collaboration with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in advance of the Orchestra's all-Bach concert including the Easter and Ascension Oratorios with the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and Soloists. This tour is funded by the Arts Council Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme.
