Day 205
John Sheppard: Beata Nobis Gaudia
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips
Today was a busy day so didn't have much time for listening. I vaguely knew the name John Sheppard but I don't think that I have ever heard any of his music. This piece was made up of alternating passages of chant and choral responses. I have to say it was more of what I expected Tudor church music to be that the Orlando Gibbons pieces yesterday. It had the elaborate polyphony and soaring high notes which to me are, perhaps wrongly, what I associate with music of this era. The performance was phenomenally well controlled with beautiful voices throughout - as I have said before I do wonder whether it sounded anything at all like this when it was first performed.
Had I had time I would have listened to some more of Sheppard's music, but this short piece had to be enough for today.
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