Returning to Windsor Festival, join Tenebrae for this special 40-singer concert.

Arvo Pärt is a pivotal composer within music history whose greatest source of inspiration was medieval Gregorian chant. This programme places Pärt in the context of composers such as William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, including his magnificent Spem in alium, as well as contemporary works by Unsuk Chin and Eric Whitacre.

Programme

John Tavener – Song for Athene
Orlando Gibbons arr. Christian Forshaw – Drop, drop slow tears
William Byrd – Ave verum
Roderick Williams – Ave verum Corpus Reimagined
Arvo Pärt – Gloria from Missa Syllabica 
John Tavener – Hymn to the Mother of God
Gregorian chant – Salve Regina
John Tavener – Mother and Child

Interval

Arvo Pärt – The Beatitudes
Arvo Pärt – Cantata Domino
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Eric Whitacre – When David heard
Unsuk Chin – Nulls est finis
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae