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The Guardian
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Tallis Scholars review – inspired pairing of Palestrina and Pärt brings shining warmth and clarity
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palestrina, the Italian composer who took the name of his native town, just east of Rome, now part of the metropolitan city. In director Peter Phillips's inspired pairing of Palestrina with the music of Arvo Pärt in the year of his 90th birthday, there was a particular frisson in knowing that in January, the Tallis Scholars had sung this very programme in the cathedral of Sant'Agapito Martire in Palestrina, where the young Giovanni Pierluigi may have been a chorister and was certainly organist from the age of 19. Phillips has described Palestrina as the 'most consummate of renaissance composers': it may surely be said that the Tallis Scholars are the consummate vocal ensemble. Opening with his motet Surge Illuminare, the 10 Scholars immediately brought a shining warmth to the St George's auditorium, the clarity of the polyphonic lines as notable as their impeccable diction. This was followed by the Missa Brevis, only marginally shorter than the hundred plus others and exemplifying the infinite care with which Palestrina set the words of the Ordinary, the Scholars' use of dynamic and tonal colour, as well the attention to changes of metre, vividly achieved. After the Kyrie's gentle plea for mercy, the Gloria was indeed gloriously rich. Three solo voices – soprano, alto and tenor – brought a serene calm to the Benedictus, contrasting with the then full-bodied and joyous Hosanna, before the heartfelt plea for peace of the Agnus Dei. Their singing of Pärt had the same implicit authority. His Da Pacem written in response to the terrorist bombings in Madrid in 2004 attuned the ear to his tintinnabuli style, transparent yet resonant. And presenting settings by both Palestrina and Pärt of the Nunc Dimittis, highlighting their expressivity and the common commitment to the meaning of the text, made for a symbolic connection. Given the austere beauty of Pärt's music, so characteristic and unmistakable, the notion of his having fun with the music seems unlikely, but in the Scholars' rendering of Which Was the Son of … a litany of names tracing the lineage of Jesus, an almost mischievous playfulness emerged, with syncopations and the occasional feel of gospel-singing. By way of encore, a Pärt setting in his native Estonian added a final celebratory touch.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DJ's Day of Giving 2025: Live like DJ
BLUFFTON, S.C. (WSAV) — The Lowcountry is coming together for another year of fundraising to honor the spirit, love and legacy of a local teen who was killed in 2021. Dwon 'D.J.' Fields, Jr., was killed on March 5, 2021, in an alleged mistaken identity murder. The 18-year-old Bluffton High football player had just made his college decision days before his death, his family said. Since then, his family has been having a day to honor his legacy of helping others. This Friday, Feb. 22, more than 50 local businesses are donating 10% of their sales to the scholarship named after the teen: Live Like D.J. Their goal is to help send a class of 'D.J. Scholars' to college each year and to help support community projects like tradesmen education and supporting first responders. His family said that D.J. was training to become a volunteer paramedic at the time of his passing and had dreams of being a welder. There will also be drop-off: Bluffton Family Chiropractic, Riverwalk Animal Hospital and the New Balance Factory Store in Tanger 1. Here's a list of the businesses that are participating this year: Agave All Joy Donuts Alvin Ords of Bluffton Bee Town Mead and Cider Blackstones Café (Beaufort) Bluffton General Store Bluffton Lash Lounge Bluffton Oyster Factory The Bluffton Room Bricks on Boundary (Beaufort) Burnt Church Distillery Cahill's Market Calhoun Street Tavern Captain Woody's Cantaritos Mexican Kitchen Chic Fil A Cherry Point BBQ Coastal Sunset Carwash Craft Kitchen Crocs in Tanger 2 Cupcakes 2 Cakes Dough Boys Pizza Downtown Deli Eggs Up Grill Frankie Bones Bluffton Fully Involved Moving Company Gigi's Boutique GTH Construction Giuseppi's Bluffton Hair By Meg Sordi Hilton Head Tavern Highway 21 Drive In The Ice Cream Stop Kenny B's French Quarter Cafe Kilwins Ice Cream in Tanger 2 Local Pie Bluffton Lot 9 Brewing Co. Major League Barber Shop May River Mattress Company Melly Mel's Food Truck Messex Country Store Moonlit Lullaby Nectar Farm Kitchen Bluffton One Hot Mama's Bluffton Outback Steakhouse Bluffton Ruff Cutz Park Lane Jewelry by Melissa Wilfong The Pearl Kitchen + Bar Phillips Shoes Hilton Head Pomodori Too! (Bluffton) Pulseology Gym R Bar Bluffton Ralphie's Pizzeria Red Stripes Caribbean Cuisine Sippin Cow Squat N' Gobble The Sugaree Tio's Bluffton The X 33 BBQ Food Truck Toomer's Bluffton Seafood House Waters Dry Cleaning (All Locations) Wildflowers Girls Boutique Which Wich Crocs at Tanger 2 has an in-store donation box and will be offering 15% off of all purchases with a student or school faculty ID from Friday until end of business on Saturday. Bring your student ID and let the sales associate know it's for DJ Day of Giving. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
