News Archive
The Tallis Scholars announce the launch of NCEM Composers Award 2010
4 September 2009
Following the success of this year's award, we are delighted to announce the launch of the 2010 NCEM Composers Award in association with BBC R3 and The Tallis Scholars. This major national award is open to composers up to the age of 25, divided into two age categories: 18 and under, and 19 to 25. The 2010 NCEM Composers Award was launched on Saturday 3 October on BBC Radio 3's Early Music Show, featuring The Tallis Scholars and their director Peter Phillips.
Peter Phillips takes on ‘Soul Music’
27 August 2009
Peter Phillips is to appear in Radio 4's ‘Soul Music’ on Tuesday 1st September at 1:30pm, to be repeated the following Saturday. ‘Soul Music’ is a series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact, and in this episode, Peter will be interviewed by Rosie Boulton about the Allegri Miserere, alongside Roy Goodman. He will appear in a second episode, discussing Vaughan Williams' inspirational Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, alongside Michael Kennedy, on Tuesday 15th September.
The Tallis Scholars on BBC Radio 3
7 July 2009
Catherine Bott presented a performance on Sunday's Early Music Show of John Taverner's Missa Corona Spirea by The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, which opened the 2009 York Early Music Festival.
Winners Announced for the NCEM Composers Award 2009
12 May 2009
The prestigious NCEM Composers Award 2009, presented in association with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars, has been won by 16-year-old Elizabeth Edwards and 23-year-old Michael Perrett.
NCEM Composers Award: Short List Announced
13 April 2009
This is the first year of the National Centre for Early Music’s new partnership with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars which will see the winning pieces, for four part a cappella (unaccompanied) choir, receive the honour of being premiered by The Tallis Scholars at the opening concert of the York Early Music Festival on 10 July 2009 in York Minster. Highlights from the concert, including the winning composition, will be broadcast on the BBC Radio 3's Early Music Show on the 25th July.
NCEM Composers Award launched
21 November 2008
The National Centre for Early Music is working in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars to offer the new prestigious NCEM Composers Award.
Success at the BBC Proms for The Tallis Scholars
1 July 2008
The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips performed two 15th-century Masses by Jacob Obrecht and Josquin de Prez which were based on the chanson ‘Malheur me bat’. The original three-part chanson was also performed with specially commissioned words by Jacques Darras. Prom 8 of 76 has received outstanding reviews in the press, highlights of which are below:
Tallis Scholars’ News - Summer 2007
1 July 2007
The Tallis Scholars have just returned from a highly successful eleventh tour of Japan; their performance at the Shirakawa Hall in Nagoya on 6th June was not only their 100th concert in Japan but also their 1500th concert since Peter Phillips founded the group in 1973.
