Description

Sine Nomine, with Anne Lyman directing, proudly presents 'Fierce Queens: A Legacy of Power and Grace.' This program features music composed during the reigns of the some of the most powerful women to rule Europe during the Renaissance. Experience music from the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots; Catherine de Medici; Mary Tudor; Isabella I of Castile; and Elizabeth I. We will offer songs by some of the greatest composers of their times: Tallis, Byrd, di Lasso, and Palestrina - as well as by those less familiar: Arcadelt, Encina, and le Jeune, and tunes from Scottish and English Psalters.

PROGRAM:
3 psalms from the Scottish Psalter (1635)
Amor con fortuna, Juan del Encina
Chantez à Dieu, Claude le Jeune
Il bianco e dolce cigno, Jacques Arcadelt
O pulcherrima mulierum, Jacques Arcadelt
Si quis diligit me, David Peebles
3 psalms from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, Thomas Tallis
Salvator mundi 1, Thomas Tallis
How Long Shall My Enemies, William Byrd
Ave Maria, Robert Parsons
Osculetur me, G.P. da Palestrina
Osculetur me, Orlando di Lasso

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Ensemble Photos

Sine Nomine: Renaissance Choir. Photo by Mary Gallagher (2023)