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Performance on 3: As I Went to Walsingham

Performance on 3: As I Went to Walsingham: Part 1

Part 1 27/02/2009

As I Went to Walsingham

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The BBC Singers under Peter Philips perform music by Tudor era Catholic composers.

Catherine Bott introduces a performance by the BBC Singers under Peter Philips, with music by Catholic composers from the Tudor era, including Tallis, Sheppard, Byrd and Mundy.

From St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge in London. Presented by Catherine Bott.

The BBC Singers, conducted by Peter Philips, explore the sacred music of the Tudor period, featuring some of the English composers who weathered the storm as the church swung violently between Catholic and Protestant regimes. The concert title - As I went to Walsingham - comes from a folk tune commemorating England's greatest Catholic shrine, ruthlessly destroyed by Henry VIII.

The programme celebrates the music of some of the greatest Catholic composers of the era and includes an elaborate motet in praise of the Virgin Mary by William Mundy, examples of Latin church music by Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard, and pieces by William Byrd and Philippe de Monte, which are coded messages of despair and support for the plight of English Catholics.

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord/organ)
BBC Singers
Peter Phillips (conductor)

Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
John Sheppard: Laudem dicite Deo 
William Byrd: Miserere à 3; Fantasia 
William Mundy: Vox patris caelestis

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BBC Singers directed by Peter Philips perform music by Catholic composers of Tudor England

The BBC Singers directed by Peter Philips perform music by Catholic composers of Tudor England who spent their lives trying to keep up with the changing church regimes

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