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The Tallis Scholars bridge the centuries

The Tallis Scholars bridge the centuries in a celebration of the sacred music of the Tudor master John Taverner and his popular 20th-century namesake, John Tavener.

Taverner and Tavener: The Tallis Scholars bridge the centuries in a programme which celebrates the sacred music of the Tudor master, John Taverner and his hugely popular twentieth century namesake, Sir John Tavener, who died ten years ago this year.

Celebrating their fiftieth anniversary this year, the Tallis Scholars have performed over 2400 concerts worldwide, bringing Renaissance works to audiences in churches, cathedrals and venues on every continent on the planet except Antarctica. They have also championed the music of contemporary composers, among them Sir John Tavener. Tonight's programme includes two works written by him especially for the Tallis Scholars. The hushed mysticism of his music, which caught the mood of the late twentieth century, promises to be the perfect foil for the expansive polyphonic lines of his Renaissance counterpart, the undisputed master of his generation.

Recorded last week at Cadogan Hall, London and introduced by Ian Skelly.

John Taverner (c1490 - 1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum I
John Tavener (1944 - 2013): As one who has slept
John Tavener: Funeral ikos (The Greek funeral sentences)
John Taverner: In pace in idipsum for 4 voices
John Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum II

c. 8.15pm
Interval Music: pianist Kit Armstrong plays William Byrd's The Bells and Steven Isserlis leads in his multi-cello arrangement of one of John Tavener's last works, his Preces and Responses.

c. 8.30pm
John Tavener: Song for Athene
John Tavener: The Lamb
John Tavener: The Lord's prayer
John Taverner: Quemadmodum
John Taverner: Gaude plurimum for 5 voices

The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 16 Feb 2023 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Taverner

    Dum Transisset Sabbatum I

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Tavener

    As one who has slept

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Tavener

    Funeral Ikos

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Taverner

    In pace

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Taverner

    Dum Transisset Sabbatum II

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • William Byrd

    The Bells

    Performer: Kit Armstrong.
    • William Byrd & John Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.

  • John Tavener

    Preces and Responses

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Tavener

    The Lord's Prayer (1999)

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Taverner

    Quaemadmodum

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Taverner

    Gaude plurimum

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • John Tavener

    Advent Antiphon - O Adonai

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite italienne for cello and piano

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Russian Cello Sonatas.
    • Virgin.
    • 5-9.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Quartet movement in B flat major

    Performer: Yuri Yurov. Performer: Mikhail Milman. Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Souvenir De Florence.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Feb 2023 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3