MUSIC
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019
8:00 PM

The Tallis Scholars: Sacred Interpretations
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
145 West 46th Street, Midtown, Manhattan

$40-$75; $34-$64 seniors; $24-$54 students
https://www.millertheatre.com/events/tallis-scholars-sacred-Interpretations

In this potentially fascinating concert, the sterling Tallis Scholars contrast Renaissance settings with settings of the same sacred texts by two very great but very different 20th Century French composers of religious music, Messiaen and Poulenc.  Some complain that the Tallis Scholars' performances are too perfect:  they can stay home and leave the very few remaining seats to the rest of us.

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