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Andrew Carwood directs The Cardinall's Musick in music by Byrd. Magnificat (The Great Service); Turn our captivity, O Lord; Sing ye to our Lord; Come, let us rejoice unto our Lord.

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

Magnificat from The Great Service
Turn our captivity, O Lord
Sing ye to our Lord
Come, let us rejoice unto our Lord
Nunc dimittis from The Great Service

The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, director.

1 hour, 20 minutes

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Mon 5 Mar 2012 20:40
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Byrd the Englishman

    • William Byrd

      Praise our Lord, all ye gentiles for 6 voices [1611]

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

    • William Byrd

      Magnificat from The Great service for 5-10 voices

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

    • William Byrd

      Turn our captivity, O Lord for 6 voices

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

    • William Byrd

      Sing ye to our Lord for 3 voices [1611]

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

    • William Byrd

      Come, let us rejoice unto our Lord for 4 voices [1611]

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

    • William Byrd

      Nunc dimittis from The Great service for 5-10 voices

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

    • William Byrd

      Sing joyfully unto God for 6 voices

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

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  • Mon 5 Mar 2012 20:40
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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