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SONGS OF WAR AND HEAVEN
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featuring Ingram Marshall's Savage Altars
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Saturday, October 16 at 8:00 PM
The Moore Theater
1932 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
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TICKETS $21
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The Tudor Choir performs Songs of War and Heaven, an exciting and moving program of a cappella Medieval, Renaissance, and contemporary music, concluding with American composer Ingram Marshall’s thrilling Savage Altars. An epic tale of reconciliation in the aftermath of war, Savage Altars features narrative by 1st-century historian Tacitus, interwoven with commentary drawn from early English songs and chant. Presented by Seattle Theatre Group.
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PROGRAM
SHEPPARD: Libera nos I
ANON: Sumer is icumen in
ANON: Westron wynde
TAVERNER: Gloria, from Western Wind Mass
CARTER: The lark in the clear air
RUTTER: O waly, waly
GRAINGER: Londonderry air
NESBETT: Magnificat
Intermission
SHEPPARD: Libera nos II
PART: I am the true vine
TALLIS: Miserere nostri
PART: Solfeggio
MARSHALL: Savage Altars
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"This was a superb performance of a remarkable piece. I would have liked to have heard it again immediately."— Philippa Kiraly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"…[W]orth the price of admission, propounding musical ideas, withdrawing them and finally weaving into a tapestry of sound that is abruptly cut off at its height."— The New York Times
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PETER PHILLIPS CONDUCTS THE TUDOR CHOIR
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Victoria's Requiem and Portuguese polyphony in Portland, Oregon
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 Friday, October 22 at 8:00 PM
St. Mary's Cathedral
1716 NW Davis St.
Portland, OR 97209
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TICKETS $15-$36
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Peter Phillips, director of the world-renowned Tallis Scholars, conducts the Tudor Choir in a performance of Victoria's sublime Requiem and Portuguese Renaissance motets. Presented by Cappella Romana.
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PROGRAM
REBELO: Panis angelicus
CARDOSO: Lamentations; Sitivit anima mea
D. LOBO: Audivi vocem
CARDOSO: Magnificat secundi toni
Intermission
VICTORIA: Requiem
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"The choir impresses with its ability to get to the very essence of each song, whether the mood is ecstatic or contemplative. This is a choir that is thinking about the words being sung, and their performances are wonderfully honest and unaffected…This is a choir to watch." — Fanfare
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DOMINICAN RITE SOLEMN MASS
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for the Feast of All Souls
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Tuesday, November 2 at 7:00 PM
Blessed Sacrament Church
5041 9th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
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As part of the Solemn Mass for the Feast of All Souls (sung in Latin), the Tudor Choir, a resident ensemble at Blessed Sacrament Church, will sing Portuguese polyphony, Dominican chant, and other a cappella choral works.
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LOBO, Duarte: Requiem a 8; Audivi vocem de caelo
REBELO: Panis angelicus
DURUFLE: Tantum ergo
HOWELLS: Requiem aeternam (I) and (II)
MESSIAEN: O sacrum convivium
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"The choir impresses with its ability to get to the very essence of each song, whether the mood is ecstatic or contemplative. This is a choir that is thinking about the words being sung, and their performances are wonderfully honest and unaffected…This is a choir to watch." — Fanfare |
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