Underground Renaissance, April 11-12, 2015

UNDERGROUND RENAISSANCE (click here for tickets)

Saturday, April 11, 7:30 pm, St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis

Sunday, April 12, 2:00 pm, Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul

William Byrd | Mass for Four Voices and Vigilate
Thomas Tallis | Lamentations of Jeremiah, 2nd Set
Weelkes, Bennet, Morley | excerpts from The Triumphs of Oriana

For the first time in the ensemble’s history, The Singers present a concert of music solely from the Renaissance era. As the political and religious winds changed rapidly throughout the Tudor Era, WILLIAM BYRD composed his Mass for Four Voices late in life after a conversion to the Catholic Church (while serving the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I). The Singers also will share portions of The Triumphs of Oriana, a 1601 madrigal collection assembled by THOMAS MORLEY in the Queen’s honor.