The Song of the Angels "Not Angles, but Angels" was the witty response of St Gregory the Great to the sight of blond English slaves for sale in a Roman marketplace. Chris de Souza presents five concerts of vocal music from pre-Reformation England, beginning with Bedyngham's Missa sine nomine and motets by Plummer and Hothby sung by the Hilliard Ensemble.
Producer Anthony Pitts
Repeated tomorrow at 12 noon