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The Cardinall's Musick under Andrew Carwood in music by William Byrd: Venite (The Great Service); O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen. Te Deum (The Great Service).

The Cardinall's Musick, directed by Andrew Carwood, in Byrd: The Englishman, live from the Wigmore Hall.

When the religious upheaval and persecution of the 1540s and 1550s gave way to greater stability and tolerance under Elizabeth I, Byrd was able to trim his professional sails to the liturgical needs of the Church of England while retaining and covertly practising his outlawed Catholic faith. His magnificent settings of words from the 1559 Book of Common Prayer, with the exception of The Great Service, appear to date from his time as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Lincoln Cathedral in the 1560s and may have been written to secure a new job in London. The Great Service, written after he joined the Chapel Royal, stands as a masterpiece of Anglican music, an ornament of the first Elizabethan age.

The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, director

Byrd:
Venite from The Great Service
O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen
Te Deum The Great Service
Prevent us, O Lord; Benedictus from The Great Service
Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles

The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, director.

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Mon 5 Mar 2012 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Byrd the Englishman

    • William Byrd

      Venite from The Great service for 5-10 voices

      Performer: Andrew CARWOOD - Director Performer: Robert QUINNEY - Organ Performer: Cardinall's Musick

    • William Byrd

      O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth for 6 voices

      Performer: Andrew CARWOOD - Director Performer: Cardinall's Musick

    • William Byrd

      Te Deum from The Great service for 5-10 voices

      Performer: Andrew CARWOOD - Director Performer: Robert QUINNEY - Organ Performer: Cardinall's Musick

    • William Byrd

      Prevent us, O Lord - anthem for 5 voices

      Performer: Andrew CARWOOD - Director Performer: Cardinall's Musick

    • William Byrd

      Benedictus from The Great service for 5-10 voices

      Performer: Andrew CARWOOD - Director Performer: Robert QUINNEY - Organ Performer: Cardinall's Musick

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  • Mon 5 Mar 2012 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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