‘Spem in alium’ – from the Miniature to the Monumental (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 3)

A programme focusing on Tudor vocal music, ranging from miniature works for two voices up to the monumental 40-voiced motet Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585), presented by Lutesong Consort (Artistic Director: Lente Louw) and True Voices, and conducted by Patrick Cordery. Apart from Tallis’s Spem in alium, this concert will feature contemporary works for two and five voices by Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594) and John Taverner (1490–1545). You can view the full programme for this concert here. 

Date: Wednesday, 24 September
Time – Performance 1: 11:00-12:00
Time – Performance 2: 13:00-14:00
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R65 for one performance, or R100 for both*

*Note: Both performances are exactly the same. However, due to the special nature of this work, some audience members might want to attend both performances to experience the work from different spatial vantage points by sitting in different seats for each performance.

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected].

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Photo credit to VOX Cape Town and Domenic Gorin – thank you for letting us use your beautiful photos to promote this event.

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This is Event 3 in our 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes, which include access to all fourfestival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.

The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.

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Spem in alium at the 2022 Cape Town Baroque Festival: