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OCT 11/12
#1: PALESTRINA 500: Prince of Music
Featuring the Missa Cantantibus organis Caecilia, written by seven Roman musicians who each composed different parts of the Mass using themes from Palestrina’s motet of the same name and a new work by British composer Kerensa Briggs inspired by Palestrina’s Stabat Mater, commissioned by the Byrd Ensemble.

NOV 29/30
#2: BRITTEN: Ceremony of Carols
English Christmas program featuring Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and Gustav Holst’s Four Old English Carols, with harpist Elizabeth Landis. Accompanying these classics are Christmas motets by Renaissance composers William Byrd and Thomas Tallis.

DEC 19
#3 THE TUDOR CHOIR: Christmas In a Wintry World
Frosty wind. Snow on snow. Wild wood and green holly. Tidings of comfort. Tidings of joy. The Tudor Choir, directed by Doug Fullington, is joined by violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim for a holiday concert of traditional carols and warm seasonal fare.

MAR 7
#4 FLEMISH MASTERS: Josquin, Gombert, Crecquillon
Featuring Flemish Renaissance composers: Josquin des Prez, Nicolas Gombert, and Thomas Crecquillon. Accompanying these works are two contemporary pieces by British composer Alexander Campkin and American composer Nico Muhly, whose music draws inspiration from Renaissance masterpieces.

MAY 2/3
#5 HANDEL: Dixit Dominus
The Byrd Ensemble and players present a program inspired by the Carmelite Vespers of 1707. The program features Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus, and chant, for baroque orchestra, choir, and soloists. The program features guest concertmaster and internationally acclaimed violinist, Augusta McKay Lodge.​​​
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Excerpt from "Lugebat David Absalon" by Nicholas Gombert