Harry Rolnick reviews the recent concert by the vocal ensemble Res Facta:
"Those of us growing up believing that Thomas Tallis was the remote appendix of a Vaughan Williams lament had a lot to learn. But nowhere near as much as the ResFacta Vocal Ensemble last night showed us.
Not merely showing but in a dozen rare works which answered–in my mind–many questions, both historical and spiritual.
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We non-believers believe the music of Tallis sung by ResFacta was the most glorious human expressions. They, the believers, felt that only a Divine Spirit could produce such heavenly sounds. Both are correct. The heavens of Tallis and the universe of ourselves have room for ideas liturgical and secular.
With infinite ideas between."