The Sixteen: The Deer’s Cry

 The Sixteen presents The Deer's Cry, a powerful exploration of the music of two masters of sacred music, Arvo Pärt and William Byrd.

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Whilst coming from very different eras, William Byrd and Arvo Pärt are both considered masters of sacred music despite having faced considerable persecution for their work. This programme presents six of William Byrd’s works from the Cantiones Sacrae including the monumental Tribue, Domine, and the mighty eight-voice motet Ad Dominum cum tribularer. The three works by Arvo Pärt speak in his unmistakable voice, with its unique blend of ancient and modern, and include his mesmerising Nunc dimittis which is crafted in his bell-like ‘tinitinnabuli’ style.

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PERFORMERS

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The Sixteen

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Harry Christophers conductor

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PROGRAM:

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Byrd  Diliges Dominum

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Byrd Christe qui lux es et dies

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Pärt  The Deer’s Cry

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Byrd  Emendemus in Melius

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Pärt  the woman with the alabaster box

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Byrd  Miserere mihi Domine

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Byrd  Ad Dominum cum tribularer

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Tallis / Byrd  Miserere nostri

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Pärt  Nunc Dimittis

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Byrd  Laetentur coeli

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Byrd  Tribue Domine

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