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BBC Radio 3 airs Tallis's Spem in Alium overnight
Original: πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3 's #ThroughTheNight Thomas Tallis, BBC Singers & Stephen Cleobury: π΅ Spem in Alium, for 40
BBC Radio 3's overnight programme Through the Night broadcast Thomas Tallis's Spem in Alium, the celebrated 40-voice motet, in a recording by the BBC Singers conducted by Stephen Cleobury. The piece, composed around 1570, remains one of the most famous works of English Renaissance choral music and a staple of the BBC Singers' repertoire.
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- πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3 's #ThroughTheNight Thomas Tallis, BBC Singers & Stephen Cleobury: π΅ Spem in Alium, for 40 voices #BBCRadio3 #ThomasTallis #BBCSingers #StephenCleobury Β· bbc3musicbot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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