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Celebrating 50 years this season, the peerless Tallis Scholars return to Berkeley with a gorgeous holiday program that views the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds who came to worship at the manger. The concert revolves around Who did you see, Shepherds?, a mass by Flemish composer Clemens non Papa, its five movements dispersed between similar text settings by other masters from the late Renaissance. Also on the program is a magnificent double choir motet by Giovanni Croce, and two sublime settings of the Salve regina by Obrecht and Philips. Masters of Renaissance polyphony, the Tallis Scholars are at the height of their powers, having recently won both the BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Year Award and the Gramophone Early Music Award. “Tonal purity, articulation, ensemble spirit: everything here is sheer perfection…. Phillips’ unaccompanied voices bring passion and warmth to every note” (The Times, London).

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Tallis Scholars

First Congregational Church

The Festival Chorale presents its first concert under the direction of Matthew Evans, including works by Praetorius, J.S. Bach, Vaughan Williams, and more, followed by a selection of carols, both familiar and unusual.

The Festival Chorale: Christmas Through the Ages

Mendocino Presbyterian Church

One of the most inventive and interactive programs Spektral Quartet has created invites concertgoers to join the creative process by writing five postcards across the evening with stimulating visuals and provocative writing prompts from the quartet. For each piece, the listener is drawn closer to the composition, using the music as the leaping-off point for audience members to pen a short message to someone special in their own life. Writing on custom-made postcards featuring the alluring work of visual artists, concertgoers become creators right alongside the Quartet…and reconnect with loved ones in unexpected ways.

Spektral Quartet

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Hallelujah! It’s Messiah time. Hear a quartet of soloists sing <cite>Comfort Ye, Rejoice Greatly,</cite> <cite>The Trumpet Shall Sound</cite> and the <cite>Hallelujah</cite> Chorus from this most beloved choral work of all, a cathedral of music. As has now become a Tucson tradition, seasonal music by other masters will enchant your family.

Tomás Luis de Victoria

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Events

Dec 13, 2023

Tallis Scholars · Cal Performances

Dec 3, 2023

The Festival Chorale: Christmas Through the Ages · Mendocino Music Festival

May 26, 2022

Spektral Quartet · La Jolla Music Society

18 - 19 Dec, 2021

Messiah, Carols and Songs ·

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