The Tallis Festival , hosted by Exmoor Singers of London, forms the Tallis Festival Choir for just one weekend every 12 to 18 months. The Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir is a choir with a strong focus on music by living composers and in particular British Composers. [1] The Festival always includes Thomas Tallis' Spem in Alium for 40-part choir, but in addition has commissioned new 40-part works by modern composers, as companion pieces to Spem in Alium. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Spem in alium is a forty-part Motet by Thomas Tallis, composed circa 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each In 2007 the Festival was recognised by the BBC for its contribution to new music and highlights from the Festival were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 [2] on 28 October 2007.
The Festival originated from Tallis Performance Weekends, held periodically over a number of years. The original concept was to bring choral friends together for intense rehearsals from a Friday evening through to a public concert on the Sunday evening. Choirs of between 100 and 160 singers are formed with choral singers from around London and further afield (including France, Hungary, Finland and Japan). London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
New 40-part choral works
In 2006 a new 40-part work was commissioned, Tentatio, from Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and given its first performance. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (born 1963 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish translator and Composer of Classical music. Tentatio, meaning Temptation, is based on a latin biblical text about Christ spending 40 days in the wilderness and being tempted by the Devil. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " The Devil is the Instead of eight 5-part choirs as used by Tallis, Mäntyjärvi wrote the work for five 8-part choirs, with the fifth choir being formed entirely of basses and baritones and depicting the devil.
In 2007, another new 40-part work was commissioned, Love You Big as the Sky, from Mancunian composer Peter McGarr, which is subtitled a Lindisfarne Love Song and inspired by the island on the Northumbrian coast of England. Lindisfarne () (variant spelling Lindesfarne is a Tidal island off the north-east coast of England. The text is extensive and covers poems about Lindisfarne, and the detailed geography of the area, including ship wrecks and lighthouses. It is also a love song and includes text taken from a valentine's day card as part of its inspiration. Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14 The first performance of Love You Big as the Sky was broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3 as part of the Festival coverage.
References
- ^ Exmoor Singers Tallis Festival. Retrieved on 2007-11-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
- ^ BBC - Radio 3 - The Choir - Exmoor Singers' Tallis Festival
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