(cross posted from PBSC news page)
The TACTUS Vocal Ensemble will be offering a performance of William Byrd's Great Service. A setting composed for performance on the highest holy days in the Chapel Royal of Queen Elizabeth I. This setting of canticles for the services of Morning and Evening Prayer is the most elaborate of its time. Strangely, and sadly, the monumental scope of The Great Service has led to its neglect. This masterpiece is rarely performed in liturgical or concert settings.
Tactus Vocal Ensemble has long desired to present it, but the massive form offered challenges. Written for two choirs of five voices, The Great Service demands that that TACTUS expand its forces. Music Director Catherine Robertson will conduct. Byrd anthems will also be sung. Organist Michael Bloss will feature some of the intriguing keyboard works of Byrd, who was without question the greatest of a remarkable group of English Renaissance composers. This is a unique chance to experience a rare and important work of church music.
(This concert is not endorsed in by the Prayer Book Society of Canada but presented as an event of general interest to it's members.)
TACTUS presents The Great Service on Saturday, February 23 2008 at 8:00p.m at Church of Our Lady in Guelph.
Tickets are available through the River Run Centre box office: 519-763-3000/877-520-2408 or riverrun.ca/tickets.
The cost is $20 adults and $10 students. Tickets will also be available at the door.
For further information about TACTUS Vocal Ensemble visit tactusvocalensemble.com
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