Giving sound to the divine with nothing more than the human voice seems contradictory, but it is not. The monumental heavens become almost tangible in the impressive vocal sculptures that resound from 40 voices.

Thomas Tallis’ iconic Spem in alium will leave you, after barely 10 minutes, with an unforgettable, almost physical experience: he opens with a thin, almost hesitant single imploring voice. In order to build up on to that foundation, the sounds roll from choi to choir, like echoes bouncing between and among and over the singers and the audience. Proud of his skill, he ended the prayer of imploration with the power of all 40 voices together: 'Regard our humility!'.

The contrast with the nothingness of the human being in the intimate works for gamba consort and soprano makes the sense of divine grandeur all the greater.