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Live from St John's Smith Square, London.

The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips give their 2000th concert: Taverner's Missa Cantate and works by Sheppard, Byrd and Gabriel Jackson

Taverner: Leroy Kyrie
Sheppard: Missa Cantate

8.15: Interval

8.35
Gabriel Jackson: Ave Dei Patris filia
Byrd: Infelix Ego
Byrd: Ye Sacred Muses
Byrd: Tribue Domine

The Tallis Scholars, formed by conductor Peter Phillips in 1973, have long been recognised as one of the world's foremost ensembles specialising in Renaissance sacred music. 42 years on, and with numerous awards under their belt, they give their 2000th concert at St John's Smith Square in London, presenting music from the heart of their repertoire by 16th-century English composers John Taverner, John Sheppard and William Byrd. The concert is the opening event in the 2015 London International A Cappella Choir Competition, and also includes a work written for specially for the Tallis Scholars by this year's featured composer, Gabriel Jackson.
Peter Phillips says "With the Taverner I decided to go for one of the most exciting - and least performed - of all the big Tudor Mass settings. The very title - Cantate: Sing! - gives the clue. In the second half we reprise a work which Gabriel Jackson wrote for us on our 40th anniversary. This again is a shout of praise. And we end with 'Tribue Domine', the piece by Byrd we have performed most often over the years.".