Peter Phillips, director
The Tallis Scholars have come a long way since founder Peter Phillips first gathered a group of fellow undergraduates to sing Renaissance songs at Oxford University more than 50 years ago. The peerless ensemble, a pioneer of this century’s early-music revival, is celebrated far and wide for its uncanny vocal blend, pristine clarity, and purity of tone in a range of Renaissance polyphony. The Tallis singers return to Berkeley with a program centered on one of Josquin des Prez’s true masterpieces, his Missa Fortuna desperata, as well as works by Jean Mouton, Walter Lambe, and Nicolas Gombert.
“Hearing The Tallis Scholars live is a trip. When the 10 singers open up in two and a half or three octaves of spacious polyphony, you have the aural sense of a cathedral in sound”—San Francisco Classical Voice
| ANTOINE BUSNOIS | Fortuna desperata |
| JOSQUIN DES PREZ | Kyrie and Gloria from Missa Fortuna desperata |
| JEAN MOUTON | Nesciens mater |
| WALTER LAMBE | Nesciens mater |
| JOSQUIN | Credo from Missa Fortuna desperata
Sanctus from Missa Fortuna desperata |
| NICOLAS GOMBERT | Magnificat III |
| JOSQUIN | Agnus from Missa Fortuna desperata |
| GOMBERT | Regina caeli for 10 voices |
Program notes will be available approximately one week before the performance.
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There is a $20 service charge on all subscription orders, and a $15 per order service charge on ticket purchases made by phone or online that are not part of a subscription package. There is no fee for tickets purchased in person at the Zellerbach Hall Ticket Office unless they are part of a subscription.
2026–27 Season Subscriptions go on sale noon May 5
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