Artists
- Ensemble Plus Ultra
- Date
- Wed 20 Dec 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Tomás Luis de Victoria1548-1611
- Ave Maria
- Magnificat quarti toni
- Gaude Virgo Maria
- Ave maris stella
- Alma Redemptoris mater
- Francisco Guerrero1528-1599
- Canite tuba
- Tomás Luis de Victoria1548-1611
- Ecce Dominus veniet
Interval
- William Byrdc.1540-1623
- Domine praestolamur
- John Sheppardc.1515-1558
- Verbum caro factum est
- Tomás Luis de Victoria1548-1611
- O magnum mysterium
- Quem vidistis, pastores
- Magi viderunt stellam
- Michael Praetoriusc.1571-1621
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Verbo carum facta est: Y la Virgen le dezia
- Coventry Carol
- Hieronymus Praetorius1560-1629
- Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Encore
- Hieronymus Praetorius1560-1629
- In dulci jubilo
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.