Tudor era composer Thomas Tallis wrote music at a time when heads would roll for just about anything, yet the elusive and prolific master of polyphony produced some of the most tranquil songs in England’s history. Modern listeners get a taste of these sacred sounds at Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro when early music vocal ensemble the Tallis Scholars perform evocative works from the high Renaissance. The Grammy-nominated group — hailed as "one of the UK’s greatest cultural exports" by BBC Radio — keeps the spirit of the 1500s alive with resonant winter intonations celebrating the Virgin Mary and the birth of Christ.
