UC Davis Early Music Ensemble Performs English Tudor Music
The UC Davis Early Music Ensemble, under the direction of David Nutter, presents a concert of English Tudor church music, including Missa Lapidaverunt Stephanum by Nicholas Ludford and other works, on Saturday, May 10, at 8 pm at St Martin’s Episcopal Church, 640 Hawthorne Lane, Davis.
Nicholas Ludford's (c. 1490–1557) large-scale five- and six-voice festive masses continue the English tradition of full, rich, sonorous, flowing and often florid writing established in the works of the preceding generation of composers. His five-voice Missa Lapidaverunt Stephanum (Mass for St. Stephen) was almost certainly written for St. Stephen's, Westminster, where Ludford was a verger and organist of Henry VIII’s Royal Free Chapel. John Taverner's celebrated setting of Dum transisset Sabbatum, the third responsory from Matins (morning prayers) for Easter Day, follows in its formal layout, alternating between soloist and choir singing the original plainsong, deftly capturing the mood of intense religious fervor accompanying the celebration of the Resurrection.
Suggested donation for admission (door only) is $12 for adults and $6 for students and children. For complete event information, to receive a Department of Music season brochure, or to join the department mailing list, call 530-752-0948 or visit music.ucdavis.edu/events.