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RENOWNED
TALLIS SCHOLARS BRING RENAISSANCE
SACRED MUSIC TO OBERLIN DEC. 2
NOVEMBER 20, 2003—"Anyone familiar with Renaissance music knows that this group has attained superstardom."
That’s what the Boston Globe had to say about the Tallis Scholars, the renowned ensemble that has been a leading exponent of Renaissance sacred music since 1973.
The Tallis Scholars will appear in concert, under the direction of their founder, Peter Phillips, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. in Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel. Their appearance is sponsored by Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this season.
The program of sacred Renaissance music will include Philip de Monte’s Laudate dominum, Peccantem me quotidie, and Missa Sine nomine; Allegri’s Miserere; and Palestrina’s Stabat Mater, Alma redemptoris, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis.
The Tallis Scholars’ exploration of the depth and variety of this repertoire has reached a worldwide audience. The ensemble creates, through good tuning and blend, the purity and clarity that best serves it, allowing every detail of the musical lines to be heard, and resulting in the beauty of sound for which they are known. The Chicago Tribune calls theirs "an almost perfect blend . . . a thrilling and otherworldly sound."
The group performs in sacred and secular venues; in 1994 they performed in the Sistine Chapel to mark the restoration of Michelangelo’s frescoes. 1998 found them in London’s National Gallery, premiering a commissioned John Tavener work with Sting as narrator; in 2000 they performed with Sir Paul McCartney. Much of the ensemble’s pioneering reputation comes from their association with Gimell Records, established specifically to record them. In 1994 the Tallis Scholars performed in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, on the 400th anniversary of the death of Palestrina, who had trained there as a choirboy and later worked as Maestro di Cappella. Gimell recorded the concerts, which are available on video and CD. Other recordings have attracted many awards, including Gramophone magazine’s Record of the Year award, the only early music recording ever to be so honored.
Advance, reserved-seat tickets for the Tallis Scholars may be purchased by calling Oberlin’s Central Ticket Service box office at 440-775-8169. Prices range from $7 for students, $16 for senior citizens, educators, and those with an Oberlin College I.D., and $20 for the general public. Tickets purchased at the door are an additional $3.
Subscription and individual tickets are still available for the remaining concerts in the Artist Recital Series. For more information, please call the CTS box office at 440-775-8169 or see the Conservatory's web site. CTS is located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St. (Route 58), between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and select Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m.
The Artist Recital
Series is sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College
with additional support from the Friends of the Artist Recital Series.
Media sponsorship for the Artist Recital Series is provided by WCLV 104.9-FM,
Cleveland’s classical music radio station, WVIZ and 90.3-WCPN ideastream,
and Northern Ohio Live magazine.
All programs and artists are subject to change.
Media Contact: Marci Janas
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