Music in honour of England's first martyr, given in the Cathedral and Abbey church of St Alban dedicated in his honour. The works date from the years before the Reformation, at which period the shrine of the saint behind the high altar was a major place of pilgrimage.
Cardinall's Musick, director
Andrew Carwood
Fayrfax Missa Albanus and motets by Dunstable, Banaster and Benet.
8.20 The Life of St Alban
The Rev Alan Walker reads from William Caxton 's translation contained in The
Golden Legend.
8.35 Concert, part 2