Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad

By Nick Boston, 21 July 2015

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 20 July 2015

Tallis, Videte miraculum

Tallis, O Lord, give thy holy Spirit

Tallis, Hear the voice and prayer

Tallis, Why fum'th in fight

Tallis, Suscipe quaeso

Tallis, O nata lux

Tallis, O sacrum convivium

Tallis, O Salutaris Hostia

Frances-Hoad, From the Beginning of the World (World première)

Tallis, Spem in Alium

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood, Director

Cardinall's Musick and the angels

Charlotte Valori, 20th December

An interesting programme which brings together music inspired by angels from Palestrina to Tippett, sung in the gorgeous surroundings of St John's, Smith Square.

***11

Cardinall's Musick's Byrd Tour: More Passion?

Wilf Jones, 31st March

After fifteen years of trying to persuade us that Byrd’s lesser-known works are just as worth listening to as the famous ones, I felt that the Cardinall’s Musick could have come up with a more exciting programme of his celebration of Easter.

***11

Cardinall's Musick and the angels

Charlotte Valori, 20th December

An interesting programme which brings together music inspired by angels from Palestrina to Tippett, sung in the gorgeous surroundings of St John's, Smith Square.

***11

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Proms Chamber Music 1: Old and new: passionate Tallis and striking Frances-Hoad from The Cardinall's Musick