Great to see the live concert back this Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. And a good one to start with - Victoria sung by The Sixteen from Sherborne Abbey. I shall try to catch as much of it as I can. Let's hope this opening choice augurs well for plenty of variety in both type of music and venue. The following week seems a cracker, featuring broadcasts from the Newbury Spring Festival, Chipping Campden Festival and on Friday a concert to die for - Herreweghe conducting Collegium Vocale Gent and some tip-top soloists in Bach's B Minor Mass. Things are definitely looking up on Radio 3!
I don't listen to much Renaissance polyphony nowadays, and only know a handful of Victoria's larger-scale works, like the Tenebrae and Missa Vidi Speciosam. Can anyone give a few pointers to Tuesday night's music?
I don't listen to much Renaissance polyphony nowadays, and only know a handful of Victoria's larger-scale works, like the Tenebrae and Missa Vidi Speciosam. Can anyone give a few pointers to Tuesday night's music?
Live from Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The great Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria died 400 years ago, and to mark the anniversary, The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, are touring the country with a "Choral Pilgrimage" dedicated to his work. Victoria was one of the most significant composers of the Counter-Reformation, and his music expresses the passion of Spanish religious mysticism.
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
Salve Regina a 5
Kyrie & Gloria from "Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater" a 8
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5
Hymn Ave Maris Stella
Gaude Maria Virgo
Magnificat octavi toni
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8
Congratulamini mihi a 6
Sancta Maria
Ne timeas Maria
Vidi speciosam a 6
Sanctus from "Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater" a 8
Litaniae Beatae Mariae a 8
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The great Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria died 400 years ago, and to mark the anniversary, The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, are touring the country with a "Choral Pilgrimage" dedicated to his work. Victoria was one of the most significant composers of the Counter-Reformation, and his music expresses the passion of Spanish religious mysticism.
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
Salve Regina a 5
Kyrie & Gloria from "Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater" a 8
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5
Hymn Ave Maris Stella
Gaude Maria Virgo
Magnificat octavi toni
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8
Congratulamini mihi a 6
Sancta Maria
Ne timeas Maria
Vidi speciosam a 6
Sanctus from "Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater" a 8
Litaniae Beatae Mariae a 8
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
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