Geoffrey Wheeler introduces a sequence which illustrates the story of the English Reformation in Lancashire. Recorded in Blackburn Cathedral, with the Renaissance Singers.
Taverner: Gloria (Western Wynd Mass); Tallis:
Sancte Deus ; Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum;
Parsley: Nunc Dimittis;
Tye: Blessed are all they; Weelkes: Magnificat;
Sternhold: Psalm 3; Byrd: Emendemus in melius; Philips: 0 beatum et sacrosanctum Diem; Byrd: Agnus Dei (Five-part
Mass); Gibbons: 0 Clap your hands.
Reader Stanley Ellis
Conductor David Cooper