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Cathedral Life

Catherine Bott visits Lincoln to explore what it would have been like to be in a cathedral choir in the days of the "Father of English Music" William Byrd. Was the life of a 16th-century chorister so different to that of a 21st-century one?

58 minutes

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Chant 鈥� Virgo prudentissima

    Performers: Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Aric Prentice (director)

    • GUILD.
    • GMCD 7291.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me

    Performers: Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill (director)

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 37116.

  • William Byrd

    Sing Joyfully

    Performers: Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Aric Prentice (director)

    • GUILD.
    • GMCD 7325.

  • William Byrd

    Kyrie from Mass for Four Voices

    Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 5287.

  • William Byrd

    Gloria from Mass for Four Voices

    Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 5287.

  • William Byrd

    Credo from Mass for Four Voices

    Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 5287.

  • William Byrd

    Sanctus & Benedictus from Mass for Four Voices

    Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 5287.

  • William Byrd

    Agnus Dei from Mass for Four Voices

    Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 5287.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Super Flumina Babylonis

    Performers: Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Aric Prentice (director)

    • GUILD.
    • GMCD 7325.

  • Thomas Tallis

    I call and cry to thee, oh Lord

    Performers: Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (director)

    • NAXOS.
    • 8.556842.

  • Anon.

    There is no rose of such virtue

    Performers: Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Aric Prentice (director)

    • GUILD.
    • GMCD 7291.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Salvator mundi

    Performers: Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (director)

    • NAXOS.
    • 8.556842.

  • Thomas Tomkins

    Prayer - Lighten our darkness, oh Lord (from The Fifth Service)

    Performers: Choristers at Lincoln Cathedral, Aric Prentice (Master of Music)

    • 大象传媒 recording (recorded for 鈥楥horal Evensong鈥�).

  • Robert Whyte

    The Lord Bless Us

    Performers: Clare College Chapel Choir, Timothy Brown (director)

    • GAMUT.
    • GAM CD 531.

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  • Sat 4 Feb 2012 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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