14 Sep 2019

TALLIS: Miserere nostri

From Music Alive, 8:00 pm on 14 September 2019
Thomas Tallis, Engraving by Niccolò Haym after a portrait by Gerard van der Gucht

Thomas Tallis, Engraving by Niccolò Haym after a portrait by Gerard van der Gucht Photo: Public Domain

Miserere nostri Domine, miserere nostri

Have mercy on us Lord, have mercy on us

In this piece Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) writes two different canons at the same time - the obvious canon at the octave between the two soprano parts, and then a canon between the four lowest voices at four different speeds….only one of the seven parts is entirely free.

Recorded in Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul by RNZ Concert

Producer/sound engineer: Darryl Stack

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