The Tallis Scholars

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Thomas Tallis , the English composer after whom the ensemble “The Tallis Scholars” is named

The Tallis Scholars are an ensemble for early music from the United Kingdom , which is sacred to the interpretation and recording vocal music a cappella specializes.

history

The ensemble was founded in 1973 by Peter Phillips , who trained as an organist from 1972 to 1975 at St John's College in Oxford and studied music with David Wulstan and Denis Arnold. Phillips founded an amateur vocal music ensemble with members of church choirs from Oxford and Cambridge , which after ten years of concert activity decided to perform professionally in the future. From the ensemble's first performance on November 3, 1973 at St Mary Magdalen's Church in Oxford, Phillips sought to produce a distinctive sound influenced by choirs he admired, particularly the Clerkes of Oxenford , conducted by David Bead. Since they 1987 Gramophone Award received, apply The Tallis Scholars as one of the world's leading ensembles for polyphony of the Renaissance .

Concerts

The ensemble tours Europe , North America , Asia and Australia with an average of seventy concerts a year . In April 1994 they sang Gregorio Allegris Miserere mei, Deus in the newly restored Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and in February 1994 they performed in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina .

In 1998, The Tallis Scholars celebrated the ensemble's twenty-fifth anniversary with a concert at the National Gallery in London . In 1999 they toured China and gave two concerts in Beijing . At the turn of the millennium , they performed with Paul McCartney in New York City . On the occasion of its 40th anniversary in 2013, the ensemble embarked on a world tour through the United States , Europe, Australia and New Zealand . The tour began with a concert at St Paul's Cathedral in London for an audience of two thousand.

Recordings

The Tallis Scholars have been publishing on their own record label , Gimell Records, founded by Peter Phillips and Steve Smith since March 1980 . The music label was named after the composition technique Gymel .

Soon there was agreement among listeners and critics that "the recordings of the Tallis Scholars are of reliable quality". Between 1981 and 2006 the ensemble released forty critically acclaimed records. The recordings cover a repertoire from over 150 years of music history (around the years 1450–1600), with some excursions into the later repertoire. In 2010 Gimell Records released their fiftieth recording, Lamentations of Jeremiah by Tomás Luis de Victoria . Other notable record releases include Josquin Desprez 's Missa Pange lingua and Missa La sol fa re mi , both of which were named Record of the Year by Gramophone Magazine . In 2011 the recording Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri, recorded at Merton College , Oxford in 1980, was named one of the "fifty greatest recordings of all time" by BBC Music Magazine . In 2013 the recording of John Taverner's Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas became number one on the UK Specialist Classical Charts .

Members

According to Peter Phillips, the ensemble formed its regular cast during the 1982/1983 concert season, which remained more or less constant for the next twenty-five years.

In 2018 the ensemble included - in addition to Peter Phillips (conductor) - the following singers: Amy Haworth (soprano), Emma Walshe (soprano), Caroline Trevor (alto), Robert Macdonald (bass), Steven Harrold (tenor) and Tim Scott Whiteley (bass).

Some singers left The Tallis Scholars to pursue successful solo careers. These include Michael Chance , Mark Padmore , James Gilchrist , John Mark Ainsley and Jeremy White , who was principal bassist at the Royal Opera House in London .

Services

The ensemble The Tallis Scholars contributed to the greater notoriety and appreciation of the choral works of Thomas Tallis , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, William Byrd , Christopher Tye and Tomás Luis de Victoria, as well as other secular and sacred composers of the European Renaissance, by holding over 1,800 concerts at the around the world and released over fifty CDs. The Tallis Scholars have paved the way for many younger ensembles and choirs such as The Sixteen , The Clerks , The Cardinall's Musick , The Binchois Consort , Trinity Baroque , Gabrieli Consort and Octarium .

The Tallis Scholars have also sung and published Russian Orthodox repertoire, including music by Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow and Igor Stravinsky , as well as contemporary music, including works by Norbert Moret , Ivan Moody , Arvo Pärt , John Tavener and Eric Whitacre .

In 2000, the group founded the Tallis Scholars Summer Schools , a continuing education program that gives amateur singers and promising young professionals the opportunity to be mentored by Phillips and other members of the ensemble in their specialist repertoire. The program now includes three courses held in Oakham , United Kingdom , Seattle , United States, and Sydney , Australia .

Various members of the ensemble have scientific interests in addition to their activities as professional musicians. Peter Phillips published the book English Sacred Music 1549–1649 .

In 2013 the New York Times recognized The Tallis Scholars as “an outstanding a cappella ensemble, founded and directed by Peter Phillips”.

Awards

  • 1987 Josquin Desprez : Missa Pange lingua is "Record of the Year" by Gramophone Magazine
  • 1989 Josquin Desprez: L'homme armé Masses receives the “Diapason d'Or de l'Année” award from the French magazine Diapason
  • 1991 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina : Missa Assumpta est Maria , Missa Sicut lilum receives the “Early Music Award” from Gramophone Magazine
  • 1994 Cipriano De Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem receives the “Early Music Award” from Gramophone Magazine
  • 1994 Gramophone / Classic FM: "People's Choice Award"
  • 1995 Live in Rome: Allegri and Palestrina wins the "Cannes Classical Award"
  • 1995 "Zlatá Harmonie Award"
  • 2002 Cristóbal de Morales : Missa Si bona suscipimus is nominated for a Grammy
  • 2004 “Early Music Award” from Gramophone Magazine
  • 2005 John Browne: Music from the Eton Choirbook receives the Early Music Award from Gramophone Magazine
  • 2009 Josquin Desprez: Missa Malheur me bat , Missa Fortuna desperata receives the “Diapason d'Or de l'Année” award from the French magazine Diapason
  • 2009 Josquin Desprez: Missa Malheur me bat , Missa Fortuna desperata is nominated for a Grammy
  • 2010 Tomás Luis de Victoria : Lamentations of Jeremiah is nominated for a Grammy
  • 2012 Josquin Desprez: Missa De beata virgine and Missa Ave maris stella receives the “Diapason d'Or de l'Année” award from the French magazine Diapason
  • 2013 The Tallis Scholars are in the Hall of Fame of the Gramophone Magazine selected
  • 2013 John Taverner : Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas , Magnificats wins the 51st "Japan Record Academy Early Music Award"
  • 2015 Arvo Pärt : Tintinnabuli is “Recording of the Year” at MusicWeb International

Discography

  • 1978 English Sacred Music Of The 16th Century
  • 1979 Thomas Tallis : Works of Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
  • 1980 Gregorio Allegri : Miserere , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina : Missa Papae Marcelli , William Mundy : Vox patris caelestis
  • 1981 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Benedicta es
  • 1982 Russian Orthodox Music
  • 1982 English Madrigals
  • 1983 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Nigra Sum
  • 1984 John Taverner : Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
  • 1984 John Taverner: Ikon of Light , Funeral Ikos , The Lamb
  • 1985 Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium
  • 1985 William Byrd : The Three Masses
  • 1986 Christmas Carols and Motets
  • 1986 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Masses: Missa Brevis
  • 1986 Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems
  • 1987 Carlo Gesualdo : Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday
  • 1987 Jacobus Clemens non Papa : Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis
  • 1987 Josquin Desprez : Missa Pange lingua
  • 1987 Tomás Luis de Victoria : Requiem , Alonso Lobo : Versa est in luctum
  • 1987 William Byrd: The Great Service
  • 1988 Sarum Chant: Missa in gallicantu
  • 1988 William Cornysh : Stabat Mater
  • 1989 John Sheppard : Media vita
  • 1989 Josquin Desprez: L'homme armé Masses
  • 1989 Orlandus Lassus : Missa Osculetur Me
  • 1990 Music Featured on the South Bank Show
  • 1990 Frei Manuel Cardoso : Requiem
  • 1990 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria , Missa Sicut lilum
  • 1990 Tomás Luis de Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories
  • 1991 Heinrich Isaac : Missa De Apostolis
  • 1991 Thomas Tomkins : The Great Service
  • 1992 Antoine Brumel : Missa Et ecce terrae motus
  • 1992 Duarte Lobo : Requiem
  • 1992 Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
  • 1993 William Byrd (double CD to commemorate the composer's 450th birthday)
  • 1993 John Taverner, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard: Western Wind Masses
  • 1994 The Palestrina 400 Collection (4 CDs commemorating the 400th anniversary of the composer's death)
  • 1994 Cipriano De Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem
  • 1994 Live in Rome: Allegri and Palestrina (also available on DVD)
  • 1995 John Taverner (CD commemorating the 450th anniversary of the composer's death)
  • 1995 Robert White : Tudor Church Music
  • 1996 Jacob Obrecht : Missa Maria tender
  • 1997 Johannes Ockeghem : Au travail suis , De plus en plus
  • 1997 Alonso Lobo: Sacred Music By Alonso Lobo
  • 1998 Lamenta
  • 1998 25th Anniversary (double CD)
  • 1998 Live in Oxford
  • 1998 Thomas Tallis: The Tallis Christmas Mass
  • 1999 The Best of the Renaissance (double CD)
  • 2000 Cristóbal de Morales : Missa Si bona suscipimus
  • 2001 Gregorio Allegri: Miserere (re-release of the recording from 1980)
  • 2001 John Tavener : Ikon of Light , Funeral Ikos , The Lamb (re-release of the 1984 recording)
  • 2002 Nicolas Gombert : Magnificats 1–4
  • 2002 Nicolas Gombert: Magnificats 5–8
  • 2002 Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems (re-release of the 1986 recording)
  • 2002 Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah (re-release of the recording from 1992)
  • 2003 Christmas with the Tallis Scholars (double CD; re-release)
  • 2003 The Essential Tallis Scholars (double CD; re-release)
  • 2004 The Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina (double CD; re-release)
  • 2004 The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis (double CD; re-release)
  • 2005 Gregorio Allegri: Miserere (anniversary edition of the 1980 edition)
  • 2005 John Browne: Music from the Eton Choirbook
  • 2005 Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina (double CD; re-release)
  • 2005 Tomás Luis de Victoria, Duarte Lobo, Frei Manuel Cardoso: Requiem (double CD; re-release)
  • 2006 Francisco Guerrero : Missa Surge Propera
  • 2006 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Benedicta es (anniversary edition of the 1981 edition)
  • 2006 Playing Elizabeth's Tune: Byrd's Mass for Four Voices
  • 2006 Renaissance Giants (double CD; re-release)
  • 2006 The Tallis Scholars sing Josquin (double CD; re-release)
  • 2007 Gregorio Allegri: Miserere , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
  • 2007 English Madrigals (re-release of the recording from 1982)
  • 2007 The Tallis Scholars sing William Byrd (double CD; re-release)
  • 2008 Josquin Desprez: Missa Sine nomine , Missa Ad fugam
  • 2008 The Tallis Scholars sing Tudor Church Music , Vol. 1 (double CD; re-release)
  • 2008 The Tallis Scholars sing Tudor Church Music , Vol. 2 (double CD; re-release)
  • 2009 Flemish Masters (double CD; re-release)
  • 2009 Josquin Desprez: Missa Malheur me bat , Missa Fortuna desperata
  • 2010 Sacred Music in the Renaissance , Vol. 1 (four-CD; re-release on the occasion of Gimell's 30th anniversary)
  • 2010 Sacred Music in the Renaissance , Vol. 2 (four-CD; re-release on the occasion of Gimell's 30th anniversary)
  • 2010 Sacred Music in the Renaissance , Vol. 3 (four-CD; re-release on the occasion of Gimell's 30th anniversary)
  • 2010 Tomás Luis de Victoria: Lamentations of Jeremiah
  • 2011 Josquin Desprez: Missa De beata virgine and Missa Ave maris stella
  • 2011 The Victoria Collection (triple CD; re-release to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the composer's death)
  • 2012 Jean Mouton : Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées
  • 2013 Gregorio Allegri: Miserere , Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (Blu-ray DVD of the recording from 2007)
  • 2013 Eric Whitacre : Sainte-Chapelle (recording for download, not available on CD)
  • 2013 John Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas , Magnificats
  • 2013 Renaissance Radio (double CD; re-release of selected tracks)
  • 2014 John Tavener: Ikon of Light , Funeral Ikos , The Lamb (re-release of the recording from 1984 on the occasion of the composer's death)
  • 2015 Arvo Pärt : Tintinnabuli
  • 2013 Perfect Polyphony (double CD; re-release of selected tracks)
  • 2015 John Taverner: Missa Corona spinea , Dum transisset Sabbatum I and II
  • 2016 Josquin Desprez: Missa Di dadi , Missa Une mousse de Biscaye

See also

literature

  • Peter Phillips : What We Really Do. In: The Tallis Scholars. Musical Times. London 2003.
  • Bernard D. Sherman: Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers. Oxford University Press, New York 1997.
  • Tess Knighton, David Fallows: Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music. Schirmer Books, New York 1992.
  • Peter Phillips: English Sacred Music 1549-1649. Gimell, Oxford 1991.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Tallis Scholars. The Tallis Scholars, accessed April 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Peter Phillips: What We Really Do . In: The Tallis Scholars. Musical Times . London 2003, p. 143 (English).
  3. ^ John Milsom: A Tallis Scholars' retrospective. Project MUSE , accessed April 20, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b The Tallis Scholars 'and Gimell Records' 30th Anniversary: ​​Peter Phillips and Steve Smith in conversation with John Quinn (JQ). MusicWeb International, accessed April 23, 2018 .
  5. ^ Theodore Libbey: The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music. Workman Publishing Company, New York 2006, p. 936 (English; limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ a b About Gimell. Gimell, accessed April 20, 2018 .
  7. ^ Nick Wilson, The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age. Oxford University Press, New York 2014 (English; limited preview in Google Book Search).
  8. ^ Bernard D. Sherman: Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers . Oxford University Press, New York 1997, pp. 131 (English).
  9. ^ The 50 greatest recordings of all time. In: Classical-music.com. Accessed April 20, 2018 .
  10. ↑ The Singers. The Tallis Scholars, accessed April 23, 2018 .
  11. ^ Tess Knighton, David Fallows: Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music . Schirmer Books, New York 1992, pp. 34 (English).
  12. ^ Peter Phillips: English Sacred Music 1549–1649 . Gimell, Oxford 1991 (English).
  13. ↑ Vivien Schweitzer: Exploring Spirituality, and Ending on a Prayer. In: The New York Times . November 18, 2013, accessed April 23, 2018 .