The Tallis Scholars performed at Canberra Theatre and it appeared a full house. They sing sacred music a capella. The songs of Hildegard were performed by 3 or 4 females, singing in unison with no conductor, but maybe my ears weren't so good. The singing seemed so perfect, so precise. I discretely tested on my tuner and the vocals were nothing like that. Listening more closely, I could hear the variations in pitch but it was a surprise. I guess voice requires that anyway to sit, like orchestral strings with their vibratos. The other pieces, mostly by Arvo Part, were performed by 6 women and 4 men with conductor. Allegri Miserere was five plus conductor on stage and 3 off. There was an encore but I didn't catch the details. This introduction was the one time MD Peter Phillips spoke to the audience, to name the encore, to mention that they'd played in Llewellyn, what, ~9 times previously, once sometime around the collapsed ceiling, and to promote the availability of CDs and even a novel by PP himself about being a pro-muso in London. It's not easy anywhere, especially in these days of streaming. I'd seen tell of a 2hr20min duration with interval but it was less than 2 hours and it passed easily, the tunes so pure and clear and delicious, of that early era, but also with b9s and b6s and some chromatic chord movements, perhaps in Arvo Part. A lovely revisit to this era with some really classy proponents.
The Tallis Scholars performed at Canberra Theatre under Peter Phillips (MD, conductor, founder, [author]).
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