Music Divine
Music by Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656)
Thomas Tomkins died 13 years after Monteverdi and was of the same generation as Thomas Weelkes (c1576 - 1623) and Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625), a generation which produced a number of talented composers, all of whom adhered to the principles of renaissance polyphonic composition. Many of them, including Tomkins, were pupils of William Byrd. Tomkins' Great Service, scored for SSAAAATTBB, is arguably the 'greatest' of the handful of Great Services. These Canticles represent the last word in the English search for elaborate sonorities, and in the process Tomkins created some of the most challenging music which modern choirs can undertake.
'Great and Marvelous are thy works' Thomas Tomkins
'Almighty God the Fountain of all wisdom'
Thomas Tomkins
'The Great Service'
Thomas Tomkins
Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Interspersed with 2 organ voluntarys
Interval
'O God the proud are risen up against me'
Thomas Tomkins
'When David heard that Absalom was slain'
Thomas Weelkes
'O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth' William Byrd
"O Clap your hands together'
Orlando Gibbons
'A Sad Pavan for these distracted Tymes'
(Organ)
'Music Divine' & "Come gentle swains' Thomas Tomkins
'As Vesta was'
Thomas Weelkes
'O sing unto the Lord a new song'
Thomas Tomkins
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