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The British a cappella sextet sang baroque and contemporary music that touched on death and grieving but also love and redemption.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Gesualdo Six Turn Grief Inside Out with ‘Lux Aeterna’
Tag Archives: Thomas Tallis
Concert Event Review (Brooklyn): ‘Secret Byrd’ – Music of William Byrd at Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs
A unique performance event that places us at a clandestine Catholic Mass in Elizabethan times, with music by William Byrd.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Gesualdo Six Sing Byrd, Tallis (Feb. 18, 2023)
The Gesualdo Six, a superb young choir, brought their program of music from the golden age of English polyphony to Times Square with music of William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and more.
Read More »Concert Review: New York Polyphony – ‘Tallis Lamentations’ (NYC, 24 Feb 2018)
The a capella singers presented a succinct, enlightening survey of Thomas Tallis's groundbreaking 16th-century music. The concert also offered a reminder of why the composer's best-known works, such as the 'Lamentations,' remain popular after more than four centuries.
Read More »Music Review: Stile Antico – ‘Sing With the Voice of Melody,’ Early Music Polyphony Choir’s 10th Anniversary Favorites
While the English choir applies a constant smooth tonality to its performances, these can still feel fresh, the centuries-old music almost as much as the recent.
Read More »Music Review: Stile Antico – ‘From the Imperial Court: Music for the House of Hapsburg’
Few Early Music groups have become as integral a part of the performance landscape as the British group Stile Antico.
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