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November 2024

Cantiones Sacrae 1575 – The Lives and Music of Tallis and Byrd

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 19:00
John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH
Online Event

Patrick’s career with The Tallis Scholars and The Cardinall’s Musick has been dominated by the music of Tallis and Byrd. Cantiones Sacrae, the first ever volume of English printed music, contains some of their most glorious works. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth it offers a glimpse into the turbulent political times that both composers lived through. Patrick received a beautiful new scholarly edition of this volume of 32 motets as his leaving present after completing 1000 concerts singing with the Tallis Scholars in 2016. He will explore the lives of the two men who created it and play many of its treasures.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Patrick Craig

Patrick Craig is a Vicar Choral at St Paul’s Cathedral. For twenty years he combined this with an international career singing over a thousand concerts with the world-renowned early music consort The Tallis Scholars. He also sings with the award-winning group The Cardinall’s Musick. He founded and conducts this country’s leading all-female professional choir, Aurora Nova. He has conducted concerts for the BBC Proms, the Brighton, Lichfield and Aldeburgh Festivals, and with the City of London Sinfonia.

As a Cambridge history graduate with a lifelong interest in the arts, he has gone on to lead choral workshops for amateur singers across the world, where he places music in its historical and cultural context. He regularly lectures for the St Paul’s Adult Education programme and for John Hall’s Venice Courses, which have allowed him to incorporate his interests in theology, art and poetry. 

In 2020, when his singing and conducting work disappeared overnight as a result of the Covid pandemic, Patrick poured all his experience into online presentations which have raised vital funds for the Help Musicians Charity.