Eleventh of 13 programmes in which Byrd's settings of the Mass Proper in his Gradualia of 1605 and 1607 are performed in liturgical sequence with settings of the Ordinary of the Mass by Byrd and by continental composers.
Assumption o/ the Blessed Virgin Mary
Victoria Missa gaudeamus, a 6 Byrd Mass Proper a 5 Introit: Kyrie; Gloria: Collect; Epistle; Gradual: Alleluia: Gospel: Credo; Offertory: Preface; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei: Communion
DAVID ROBLOU (organ) WILLIAM BYRD CHOIR conductor GAVIN TURNER