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Composer of the Week: Byrd

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3/5. William Byrd was a Catholic at a time when anti-Catholic feeling was at its height. Donald Macleod discovers how Byrd's faith cost him a great deal of pain and trouble.
Why Do I Use My Paper, Ink and Pen? Richard Wyn Roberts and Robin Blaze (countertenors), Concordia, director Robert Hollingworth Circumspice, Jerusalem
Cardinall's Musick. director Andrew Carwood Deus, Venerunt Gentes Carys Lane (soprano), Richard Wyn Roberts and Robin Blaze
(countertenors), Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor), Matthew Brook (baritone), Mass for five voices
Tallis Scholars, conductor Peter Phillips
Non Vos Relinquam (Gradualia: Pentecost) Cambridge Singers, conductor John Rutter Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Richard Wyn Roberts
Unknown:
Robin Blaze
Director:
Robert Hollingworth
Director:
Andrew Carwood
Soprano:
Richard Wyn Roberts
Soprano:
Robin Blaze
Tenor:
Nicholas Hurndall Smith
Tenor:
Matthew Brook
Conductor:
Peter Phillips
Conductor:
Non Vos Relinquam
Conductor:
John Rutter
Source: Radio Times

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