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A journey to Tallis's Spem in Alium

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Tallis鈥檚 Spem in Alium, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Thomas Tallis鈥檚 40-part motet Spem in Alium, wandering down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Alessandro Striggio writing for sixty singers to Bach writing for just a single cellist, via Michael Torke, Steve Reich and Edith Piaf, Sara charts a musical journey towards Tallis's monumental motet.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no.1 in G Major for solo cello BWV 1007: Prelude

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • William Byrd

    Mass for Four Voices: 1. Kyrie

    Performer: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet op.2: III Scherzo (Allegro)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.
  • Michael Torke

    II. Coral Gables, Early Morning

    Performer: Georgi Danchev. Performer: Miami Piano Circle.
    • Ecstatic Records.
  • 脡dith Piaf

    La vie en rose

    Composer: R S Louiguy. Performer: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361, "Gran Partita": VII. Finale. Molto alle

    Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses II

    Performer: Steve Reich.
    • Colin Currie Records.
  • Matthew Locke

    Curtain Tune from The Tempest

    Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Magnificat a 33 (C151) - arr. Hugh Keyte

    Music Arranger: Hugh Keyte. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG Archiv.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": 2b. Maestoso - Pi霉 allegro

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: James Levine.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Missa ecco si beato giorno: VII. Agnus Dei II

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Coro.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav. Andant

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • ECM Records.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 90 in C Major, Hob. I:90: IV. Finale. Allegro assai

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.
  • William Byrd

    In nomine a 5 (II) "on the sharp"

    Ensemble: Phantasm. Conductor: Laurence Dreyfus.
    • Linn Records.
  • Hazel Scott

    Blues in B flat

    Performer: Hazel Scott. Performer: J.C. Heard.
    • Decca.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Espoir

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Deutsche Grammopho.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem In Alium

    Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Jul 2024 13:30