6 December 2012: Director Antoni Pizà will give a pre-concert lecture for the Christmas program at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields at 7pm on December 6. The concert is “Puer Natus Est: A Royal Christmas in Tudor England” and the program will feature the magnificent seven-voice Missa Puer natus est by Thomas Tallis, most likely composed especially for Christmas 1554, in celebration of Mary Tudor’s supposed pregnancy, and will include motets by Tallis, Byrd, and Sheppard, along with carols from the period. The concert begins at 8pm and will be followed by a gala reception.

December 6, 2012

Pre-concert lecture 7pm, Concert 8pm

Laughlin Hall

487 Hudson St.

New York, NY

For more information:

212-924-0562

info@stlukeinthefields.org