Music from the height of the Renaissance in Europe by the great composers Palestrina and Tallis, to celebrate the season of Whitsun. Singers in this well-established choir first came together as the Cambridge Taverner Choir, and are steeped in music of the 16th and 17th centuries. They are conducted by Rupert Preston Bell, who is director of music at King Charles the Martyr and chair of the Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival.
Tickets with a discount for advance booking at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/mkctw (under-18s free)
The programme includes one of the most sublime mass settings of the repertoire, and some lively and intricate motets responding to the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples as a rushing wind and in tongues of fire.
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585): Loquebantur variis liguis (SSAATBB), If ye love me (AATB), O lord give thy holy spirit (SATB), Suscipe quaeso Domine (SSAATBB)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594): Missa Papae Marcelli (SATTBB), Dum Complerentur (SAATTB)
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): O clap your hands together (SSAATTBB)
Jacobus Clemens Non Papa (c.1510-1555/6): Non relinquam vos (ATTTB)
Robert Parsons (c.1535-1572): Iam Christus ad astra (SATTBB)
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