The first of seven programmes
1: Tallis and the Old Order The Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, some priests, some laymen, were appointed to serve in the ecclesiastical household of the monarch, and became responsible for some of the finest English church music. Using the ' Cheque Book ' or Book of Remembrance of the Chapel Royal, Gordon Reynolds presents a musical scrapbook about the Gentlemen who worked there in the 16th and 17th centuries, beginning at Hampton Court Palace in 1537. Producer STEPHEN SHIPLEY