Music for Christmas - Part 1 / Thursday 20 December 2012

[DracoM]

Music for Christmas - Part 1

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London

Byrd: Vigilate;
Byrd: Tollite portas
Tallis: Gloria from Missa Puer natus est nobis
Byrd: Ne irascaris
Byrd: Domine
Byrd: Ave Maria
Tallis: Sanctus and Benedictus from Missa Puer natus est nobis
Byrd: Exsurge, Domine

Stile Antico

[Roehre]

I like the Tallis Mass being interspersed with the Byrd pieces (as it might have been done in their age and time as well)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Glorious!

[DracoM]

Interestingly, the R3 schedule does not reveal when Pt 2 is to be transmitted!! AFAICS, not before Jan 5th anyway.

[Roehre]

Interestingly, the R3 schedule does not reveal when Pt 2 is to be transmitted!! AFAICS, not before Jan 5th anyway.

Part 1 is before the interval, part 2 follows at 20.40:

Tallis: Videte miraculum
Byrd: Laetentur coeli; Rorate coeli
Tallis: Agnus Dei from Mass Puer natus est nobis
Byrd: Ecce virgo concipiet; Domine, praestolamur
Plainchant: Puer natus est nobis
Byrd: Apparebit in finem

Stile Antico

[DracoM]

Sorry - stupid me. I thought that as with others of similar ilk in the past, they were splitting them over a week or so. Doh!
My thanks.

[ardcarp]

It's quite something for a group of relatively young singers to sustain a whole concert (parts 1 and 2 ) live at Wiggers. OK they have lots of experience now, but the acoustic...quite decent...isn't one where you can 'float' the voice as in a big church or cathedral. I'm looking forward to it greatly and am interested to hear how they will do the plainsong, especially in Videte Miraculum which is a great piece.

[DracoM]

Actually, they've just been on a recording included in the Lunchtime Concert from the Scwetzingen Festival