Early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico explores the many facets of William Byrd – England’s greatest Renaissance composer and a musical chameleon – in his 400th-anniversary year.
Description via BBC Proms.
Proms at Londonderry: William Byrd
Stile Antico (Photo: Marco Borggreve)
Playlist
William Byrd
Emendemus in melius
O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
Sing joyfully unto God our strength
Great Service – Nunc dimittis
Vide, Domine, afflictionem nostram
Haec dies
Ne irascaris, Domine
Retire my soul
Ave verum corpus
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Optimam partem elegit
Factus est repente
Mass for Four Voices – Agnus Dei
Thomas Morley
Domine Dominus noster
Peter Philips
Ecce vicit Leo
Thomas Tomkins
Too much I once lamented
William Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis