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OCT 24/25: SPEM IN ALIUM
Program Info
Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and John Taverner shaped the sound of English sacred music during one of history's most turbulent periods of religious change. This collection of motets moves between grief and hope: Byrd's Tristitia et anxietas gives voice to sorrow, the Tallis/Byrd Miserere nostri pleads for mercy, Taverner's Gaude plurimum answers with joy, and Arvo Pärt's Da pacem Domine asks for peace.
That weight resolves in Tallis's Spem in alium — forty voices in eight choirs, surrounding the listener from every side. Its text is the program's title made sound: Spem in alium nunquam habui praeter in te — "I have never put my hope in any other but in thee."
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes, includes intermission
Doors Open
30 minutes prior to performance
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Dates & Tickets
Program
Thomas TALLIS: Loquebantur variis linguis
John TAVERNER: Mater Christi sanctissima
William BYRD: Tristitia et anxietas
John TAVERNER: Gaude plurimum
William BYRD: Magnificat
Thomas TALLIS: Absterge Domine
Arvo PÄRT: Da pacem Domine
Thomas TALLIS/William BYRD: Miserere nostri
Thomas TALLIS: Spem in alium
Artists
The Byrd Ensemble
directed by Markdavin Obenza
Soprano
Julia Baker
Bailey Halleen
Natalie Ingrisano
Elizabeth Kimble
Jen Milius
Margaret Obenza*
Ruth Schauble*
Helen Strother
Alto
Daphne Barnum
Rachel Border
Teresa Clark
Sarra S. Doyle*
Joshua Haberman*
Lauren Kastanas
Sophia Nash*
Melike Yersiz
Tenor
Tim Blok
Chad DeMaris
Orrin Doyle*
Sam Faustine*
Liz Reed Hawk
Carson Lott
Jacob Malpocker
Jon Schildt
Baritone
David Alban
Brady Egbert
Ethan Eisemann
John Eisemann
Doug Fullington
Willimark Obenza*
Philip Tschopp
James Wilcox
Bass
Alexander Johnson
Andrew Jones
Clayton Moser*
Andrew Payne
Matthew Peterson*
Isaiah Ragland
Tim Tyler
Robin Wyatt-Stone
*Byrd Ensemble Core