#4417, Echoes of Thomas Tallis
Listen to the hit motet, Spem in alium (Sing and Glorify) by Renaissance English composer Thomas Tallis. The work is famous for having 40 separate vocal lines and basically winning at polyphony. 2020 happens to be the 450th anniversary of the motet. Hear an arrangement of the iconic motet for Kronos Quartet, and a reflection of that Tallis work also with 40 separate parts by Scottish composer James MacMillan for ORA Singers.
ORA Singers perform TALLIS: "Spem In Alium," and MACMILLAN: "Vidi aquam":
Then, there’s a solo cello work by Pulitzer Prize-winning vocalist, violinist and composer Caroline Shaw in response to another Tallis motet. Shaw’s “In manas tuas” for solo cello is based on a 16th C. motet by Thomas Tallis, and is intended to capture the sensation of a single moment of hearing the motet in the particular and remarkable space of Christ Church in New Haven, CT. Plus, hear a small portion of the Mass for the Endangered by Sarah Kirkland Snider, the Alleluia for strings and chorus. Listen also to the choral group named for the English composer, The Tallis Scholars, performing “Mystic Prayer to the Holy Spirit” by the late Sir John Tavener, and more.
#4417, Echoes of Thomas Tallis (First aired 10/06/2020)
ARTIST: ORA Singers; Suzi Digby, conductor
WORK: Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium [3:09]
RECORDING: Spem in Alium - Vidi aquam
SOURCE: Harmonia Mundi 90266970
INFO: prestomusic.com
ARTIST: ORA Singers; Suzi Digby, conductor
WORK: James MacMillan: Vidi aquam [9:02]
RECORDING: Spem in Alium - Vidi aquam
SOURCE: Harmonia Mundi 90266970
INFO: prestomusic.com
ARTIST: Kronos Quartet
WORK: Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium [9:02]
RECORDING: Black Angels
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79242
INFO: kronosquartet.org/recordings/detail/black-angels
ARTIST: Clarice Jensen, cello (ACME)
WORK: Caroline Shaw: In manus tua [8:55]
RECORDING: Thrive on Routine
SOURCE: Sono Lumius DSL-92211
INFO: sonoluminus.com
ARTIST: Gallicantus, and instrumentalists
WORK: Sarah Kirkland Snider: Alleluia [4:19]
RECORDING: Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records / Nonesuch Records
INFO: sarahkirklandsnider.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: The Tallis Scholars and Members of the Chilingirian Quartet
WORK: Sir John Tavener: Mystic Prayer to the Holy Spirit [12:38]
RECORDING: Ikon of Light
SOURCE: Gimell
INFO: gimell.com
