Archived Event

Anon, Byrd, Guerrero and more
Ensemble Plus Ultra
Date
Wed 20 Dec 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Ensemble Plus Ultra

    Programme

        • Ave Maria
        • Magnificat quarti toni
        • Gaude Virgo Maria
        • Ave maris stella
        • Alma Redemptoris mater

    Interval

        • Verbo carum facta est: Y la Virgen le dezia
        • Coventry Carol

    Encore

    Overview

    Described by Early Music Today as‘a crack squad of the finest Britishearly music singers’, EnsemblePlus Ultra received the 2012Gramophone Early Music Awardfor its ten-disc survey of themusic of Tomás Luis de Victoria.

    The group turns its deep affinityfor the Spanish-born priest andcomposer’s work to a selection ofChristmas pieces, set in companywith exquisite seasonal motets by his 16th-century contemporaries.

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