Prom 28: Thursday 4th August 2011 at 10.00 p.m. (Victoria)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Presented by Martin Handley

Marking the 400th anniversary of his death, music by the great Spanish Renaissance composer Victoria performed by one of the world's leading specialists in early music - the Tallis Scholars. At the heart of their programme is Victoria's glorious Requiem - composed in 1603 for the funeral rites of the Dowager Empress Maria, sister of Philip II of Spain - a summation and a farewell to the music of Spain's Golden Age.

Victoria: Dum complerentur
Victoria: Lamentations for Good Friday
Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem)

The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (conductor)

[doversoul1]

Sorry, EA. I'm pinching your job (only for this). Just brought this up while I am thinking about it. It will be good.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

All help/bumping, etc. is appreciated.

[prokkyshosty]

Under the aegis of "do everything you can while you're in London", I shall be at the Cottage for a Fulham Europa League match, then I shall run back to the RAH to make it in time for this late Prom. Hopefully I won't get confused and yell "Come on you Whites!" to the Tallis Scholars!

[Ravensbourne]

Very good concert, though Peter Phillips lost me when he said, "If you know the Mozart Requiem, you'll recognise a lot of the text. The Dies Irae is there ... he doesn't set the Lacrimosa."

[Roehre]

Impressive concert indeed IMO. I hesitate to say it was an "enjoyable" concert, as Lamentations and a Requiem are not particularly uplifting happenings, but for those interested in late Renaissance music there was much to discover and to take in.

[DracoM]

Professional, immaculate, antiseptic, and for me utterly NOT Victoria. Where's s the duende?