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The Cardinall's Musick - Gibbons, Greaves, Byrd and Tomkins

Andrew Carwood directs his vocal ensemble The Cardinall's Musick in music from the time of the Gunpowder Plot.

The Cardinall's Musick has performed and recorded much-praised collections of English music from the Renaissance, including a complete edition of William Byrd, who features in this mixed programme alongside his contemporaries, in music from the time of the Gunpowder Plot.

Recorded in Wigmore Hall, London, 4th November 2019
Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands
Thomas Greaves: England receive the rightful king
Thomas Tomkins: O God, the proud are risen against me
John Hilton: As there be three blue beans
William Byrd: The eagle's force
Michael East: O metaphysical tobacco
William Byrd: Deus venerunt gentes
Richard Allison: O Lord bow down
Thomas Tomkins: The hills stand about Jerusalem
Thomas Weelkes: O Lord God Almighty
William Byrd: Ad Dominum cum tribularer

The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (conductor)

57 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Mon 4 Nov 2019 13:00
  • Sun 10 Nov 2019 13:00
  • Mon 5 Apr 2021 13:00

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