With its simply glorious choral writing, Thomas Tallis' Renaissance masterpiece Spem In Alium has inspired a host of acclaimed recordings, as Classic FM reveals. The popular Irving Berlin song ...

While Thomas Tallis's 40-part motet Spem in Alium is rightly regarded as one of the peaks of late renaissance polyphony, the works that provided its inspiration remain little known. Alessandro ...

British composer Thomas Tallis was born 500 years ago. One of his most celebrated pieces of choral music was "Spem in Alium," a motet he wrote to be sung by eight five-voice choirs, each singing a ...

2022 has been a very difficult year so far and we take a trip back in time to Ottawa for some much needed perspective. Well, this year hasn’t turned out how I’d hoped as the calendar changed back in ...

Tallis Spem in Alium and other works Oxford Camerata/Summerly (Naxos 8.557770) To mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Tallis, here are his biggest and best church compositions, performed in its ...

As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary, Stephen Johnson is joined in the studio by Jeffrey Skidmore, Deborah Roberts and Antony Pitts for an exploration of Thomas Tallis's magnificent 40-part motet ...

Majestic Renaissance music, the striking surroundings of the Tate Modern in London, and a deeply moving experience for us all. 2020 saw the depths of the pandemic and uncertainty for us all. Social ...

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Audiences will be treated to a rarely performed English Renaissance piece when William Chin, artistic director of The Oriana Singers and director of City Voices, combines his two choruses for the ...

Tom Service surrounds himself in Tallis's Spem in alium, a colossal Renaissance masterpiece for 40 individual voice parts, arranged in groups situated all around the listeners. Show more Tom Service ...

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