Tallis Scholars at St Thomas Church

Deirdre and I stole away to see a recital by the Tallis Scholars at the grand St. Thomas Church in Manhattan. They performed brilliantly despite the periodic rumbling of the subway trains passing beneath the church. I was most intrigued by the music of two composers from the program: Josquin de Prez (1450 - 1521) and Jacobus Gallus (1550 - 1591). Gallus in particular played games with music I would never have imagined to occur so early in Western musical history.