Eight Days – music reflecting the final days of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay

Join Luminatus Vocal Ensemble and Cantata Dramatica, as we present an inspiring programme of great music focused on the life of Mary Queen of Scots. Luminatus will performing Rennaissance music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and Claudin de Sermisy. The second half will offer the première (outside London) of Eight Days, an opera by Louis Mander, with libretto by soprano Louisa Petaï, who also sings the role of Mary. It provides a moving and emotional account of the last days of Mary Queen of Scots in Fotheringhay, based on her letters and other contemporary historical sources.

Missa la Bataille Kyrie - Clement Janequin
Ave SancƟssima Maria - Claudin de Sermisy
Missa ProdefuncƟs Sanctus - Pierre Certon
Four part mass Benedictus - William Byrd
Four part mass Agnus Dei - William Byrd
Sancte Deus - Thomas Tallis
If ye love me - Thomas Tallis
O Magnum Mysterium - Louis Mander