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SUMMARY:Spem in Alium - the 40 voice spectacular
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DESCRIPTION:The Temple Singers\nThomas Allery\, conductor\n\nThomas Tallis
 ’s monumental motet Spem in alium nunquam habui praeter in te\, Deus Isr
 ael (I have never placed my hope in any other but in You\, O God of Israel
 ) stands as one of the most extraordinary achievements in choral music. Ra
 rely performed\, it is a breathtaking feat of contrapuntal imagination\, c
 onceived for an astonishing forty independent vocal lines arranged into ei
 ght choirs of five voices each.\n\nComposed around 1572–73\, Spem in ali
 um is believed to have been first performed at Nonsuch Palace\, the Earl o
 f Arundel’s summer residence\, whose octagonal hall and surrounding balc
 onies likely inspired Tallis’s bold spatial design. The music unfolds as
  sound travels through space - surging from choir to choir\, surrounding t
 he listener in waves of resonance. Towering passages for all forty voices 
 alternate with intimate exchanges among smaller groups\, while musical ide
 as leap across the ensemble.\n\nThe result is a profoundly immersive\, alm
 ost architectural experience: a living sculpture of sound that envelops bo
 th ear and imagination.\n\nThis concert is supported by a consortium of do
 nors\, and is given to mark the retirement of The Revd Robin Griffith-Jone
 s\, Master of Temple Church.\n\nFull Programme\n\nJosquin des Prez (c.1450
 -1521): Qui Habitat (24 voices) 6'00"\nGabriel Jackson (1962-): Cecila Vir
 go (24 voices) 8'00"\nJohn Tavener (1944-2013): Hymn to the Mother of God 
 (12 voices) 2'30"\nCharles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Latin Magnificat
  in B flat\, Op 164 (8 voices) 11'00"\nDavid Bednall (1979-): Lux Orta est
  Iusto (40 voices) 8'00"\nEric Whitacre (1970-): Lux Aurumque (8 voices) 4
 '00"\nAndrea Gabrieli (1533-1585): Maria stabat ad monumentum (6 voices) 5
 '00"\nJohn Taverner (1490-1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum (6 voices) 8'00"\
 nThomas Tallis (c.1505-1585): Spem in Alium (40 voices) 9'00"
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templemusic.org/concerts/spem-in-alium-the-40-voice-specta
 cular
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