Event listing: Tallis Scholars | Durham Cathedral | Sat 2 Jun 2012 at 19:30

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Durham Cathedral Durham, North-East, United Kingdom

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Programme

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594)	Magnificat for double choir
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594)	Laudate pueri dominum
Hassler, Hans Leo (1564-1612)	Verbum caro factum est
Hassler, Hans Leo (1564-1612)	Ad dominum cum tribularer
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)	Nunc dimittis
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594)	Nunc Dimittis for double choir
Rowarth, Ben	Where is thy God? (National Centre for Early Music’s 2012 Composers’ Award Winner, 19-25 Category)
Woolf, Alex (b. 1995)	Lux Aeterna (National Centre for Early Music’s 2012 Composers’ Award Winner, Under-18 Category)
Taverner, John (1490-1545)	Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas – In nomine Domini: Benedictus
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)	The woman with the alabaster box
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532-1585)	Deus, qui beatum Marcum
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532-1585)	Benedictus, dominus deus a 8
Gabrieli, Giovanni (1554-1612)	Sancta et immaculata virginitas
Gabrieli, Giovanni (1554-1612)	Omnes gentes plaudite manibus

Performers

The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips	Conductor
Durham Cathedral Choir

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The NCEM Composers' Awards set in context by the Tallis Scholars

Jane Shuttleworth, 3rd June

A competition for young composers run by the National Centre for Early Music may perhaps, at first glance, sound like a contradiction, but the winning pieces, performed tonight by the Tallis Scholars in Durham Cathedral, acknowledged the glories of early polyphonic choral music whilst conveying their composers’ own distinct musical ideas.

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