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Byrd Watching: Exploring English Renaissance Polyphony

Recorded at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, Peter Phillips conducts the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers in a programme of English polyphony from the late Tudor and Renaissance periods.

The founder and director of The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips returns to conduct the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers in a programme celebrating late Tudor and Renaissance English Polyphony. Centring around three composers, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers perform the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from William Byrd’s aptly named ‘Great Service’, alongside his motet in homage of Queen Elizabeth I, O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth. Also featured are works by Thomas Weelkes and Orlando Gibbons, including one of his most famous madrigals, The Silver Swan.

Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice
William Byrd: The Great Service: Magnificat
Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Thomas Weelkes: Hark, all ye lovely saints above
William Byrd: Tristitia et anxietas; Sed tu, Domine
Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands
William Byrd: Prevent us, O Lord
Thomas Weelkes: O how amiable are thy dwellings
Orlando Gibbons: The silver swan
William Byrd: The Great Service: Nunc Dimittis
Thomas Weelkes: O Lord, arise
William Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers
Peter Phillips - conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Jun 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Thomas Weelkes

    Alleluia. I Heard A Voice

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • William Byrd

    The Great Service: Magnificat

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Hosanna To The Son Of David

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    Harke All Ye Lovely Saints Above

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • William Byrd

    Tristitia Et Anxietas

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Clap Your Hands/God Is Gone Up

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • William Byrd

    Prevent Us, O Lord

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swanne

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • William Byrd

    The Great Service: Nunc dimittis

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    O Lord, Arise

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

    Performer: Peter Phillips. Choir: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers.
  • Jay Capperauld

    What the Bird Said

    Performer: Luke Russell.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Flak

    Performer: Eleanor Alberga. Performer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Shelagh Sutherland. Performer: Errollyn Wallen.
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    • Factory Records.
    • 004.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D 956

    Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jun 2020 19:30

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