BYRD:
Diliges Dominum
Christe qui lux es et dies
Emendemus in melius
Miserere mihi, Domine
Ad Dominum cum tribularer
O lux beata Trinitas
Laetentur coeli
Tribue, Domine

PÄRT:
The Deer’s Cry
The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Nunc dimittis

TALLIS:
Miserere nostri
When Jesus went

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.

In 2016 The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage tour will take The Deer’s Cry programme to 33 towns and cities across the UK including London, Oxford, Cambridge, York, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh.