😀Thank you Pannonia. I believe this is a masterpiece by a man at the height of his powers, who knew exactly what he wanted to say musically, with many memorable phrases, clever use of rhythms, and a constant sense of forward motion. The Tallis Scholars perform it beautifully.
This is one of the most complex pieces of vocal music in terms of tempo, meter changes, and rhythm I have ever heard. Beautiful! Tallis was a master of polyphony!
Heard the Tallis scholars perform this last Thursday, simply sensational, where it not for the fact that they then went on to perform 'Spem in alium', this would have been the highlight of the evening
8:23-8:27 Sup I is singing a 3 (in score, marked to be sung as a flatted 3) same time as S.P. II comes in with a flatted 3rd octave up, sounding to modern ear like a #9. m 171.
