Mysteries and Miracles from the Tallis Scholars

The world-renowned Tallis Scholars explore music ranging from the Renaissance to our own times inspired by miraculous events in the life of Jesus.
Amongst the works on the programme are a grand motet for double choir by the Venetian Giovanni Gabrieli and one of the greatest outpourings of the Spanish Renaissance, Tomás Luis de Victoria's Mass 'O magnum mysterium.' And, of course, Peter Phillips and his Tallis Scholars include a gem by Thomas Tallis himself.

Presented by Ian Skelly from London's Milton Court Concert Hall

Giovanni Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa O magnum mysterium - Kyrie & Gloria
Giaches de Wert: Egressus Jesus
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa O magnum mysterium - Credo
Judith Weir: Ave Regina Caelorum
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa O magnum mysterium - Sanctus & Agnus

Interval

Thomas Tallis: Videte miraculum
Jacobus Gallus: Mirabile mysterium
Francisco Guerrero: Maria Magdalena
Arvo Pärt: Tribute to Caesar
Arvo Pärt: Virgencita

The Tallis Scholars' programme begins with Gabrieli and Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium, which depicts Christ’s birth. Other pieces explore miracles, such as Egressus Jesus, recounting Christ exorcising a demon, and Weir’s Ave Regina Caelorum, which reflects on the mystery of the Virgin birth.

The second half highlights Tallis’s Videte miraculum and Gallus’s Mirabile mysterium, both celebrating the Virgin birth. Guerrero’s Maria Magdalena narrates the discovery of Christ’s resurrection. The programme concludes with Arvo Pärt’s Tribute to Caesar, inspired by Christ’s wisdom, and Virgencita, honouring the Virgin of Guadalupe, written by Arvo Pärt as a present to the people of Mexico.