This hour, we’ll celebrate the life and music of William Byrd 400 years after his death. Writing for the Chapel Royal of the Anglican Church, Byrd was Catholic in a time and place where it was easier to be Protestant-and his Catholic activism did not go unnoticed. A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, Byrd survived when others did not. Later, our featured release is George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems. Justin Doyle leads Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin in ceremonial English music from their 2023 Harmonia Mundi release.
PLAYLIST
Michael Nyman: No Time in Eternity
Ensemble Céladon, Paulin Bündgen
Aeon 2017 / AECD1757
Nathaniel Patrick
Tr. 12 Send forth thy sighs (2:13)
Delight in Musicke
Seldom Sene (recorder quintet) / Klaartje van Veldhoven, soprano
Brilliant Classics 2018 / Naxos BC95654
Nathaniel Patrick
Tr. 10 Climb Not Too High (2:40)
Segment A:
Delight in Musicke
Seldom Sene (recorder quintet)
Brilliant Classics 2018 / Naxos BC95654
William Byrd
Tr. 19 In Nomine a 5 No. 5 (2:32)
Tr. 21 In Nomine, “Seldom sene” (1:57)
An Immortal Legacy
The Sixteen / Dir. Harry Christophers
Coro 2013 / Naxos COR16111
Thomas Tallis
Tr. 2 9 Psalm Tunes for Arch Bishop Parker’s Psalter: Let God arise in majesty (0:53)
Thomas Tallis & William Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae (1575)
Alamire / Dir. David Skinner
Obsidian 2011 / Naxos OBSID-CD706
Thomas Tallis (Tr. 16)
CD 1, Tr. 16 Sermone blando angelus…[(Sermone blando) Illae dum pergunt concite] (4:55)
Phantasm: Four Temperaments
Phantasm (viol consort)
Linn Records 2014 / Naxos BKD487
Alfonso Ferrabosco (I)
Tr. 7 Pavane a 5 in C Major (2:06)
Theme Music Bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2 / B000005J0B, T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal
:59 Midpoint Break Music Bed:
Phantasm: Four Temperaments
Phantasm (viol consort)
Linn Records 2014 / Naxos BKD487
Alfonso Ferrabosco (I)
Excerpt of Tr. 20 Pavane and Galliard a 6: Galliard (excerpt of 1:29)
Segment B:
Spem in alium: Music for Monarchs and Magnates
The Sixteen / Dir. Harry Christophers
Coro 2003 / Naxos CORSACD16016
William Byrd
Tr. 3 Deus venerunt gentes (13:25)
The Byrd Edition (vol 3) [Early Latin Church Music: Propers for Epiphany]
The Cardinall's Musick / Dir. Andrew Carwood
Universal Classics 2015 / Naxos 00743625017922
William Byrd
Tr. 2 Circumspice, Hierusalem (4:11)
Featured Release:
George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin / Dir. Justin Doyle
Harmonia Mundi 2023 / HMM902708_Akademie_fuer_Alte_Musik_Berlin
William Croft
Tr. 6 The Lord is a sun and a shield: Now I know that the Lord saveth his anointed (2:13)
George Frideric Handel
Tr. 11 Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) (5:31)
John Blow
Tr. 10 Chaconne in G Major (5:09)
This episode originally aired on June 26, 2023.