[ BBC / Gimell / DVD ]
Release Date: Monday 18 April 2005
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Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in sacred music by William Byrd, Queen Elizabeth 1st favourite composer, filmed by candelight in Tewkesbury Abbey with genuine surround sound
Mass for 4 voices - Ave verum corpus - Diffusa est gratia - Magnificat (Great Service) - Ne irascaris - Nunc dimittis (Gradualia) - O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth - Prevent Us, O Lord - Tristitia et anxietas - Vigilate
Charles Hazelwood explores the life and music of William Byrd, Catholic composer for a protestant queen, and the troubled time that produced some of the most intimate and passionate sacred music ever written.
The Tallis Scholars sing William Byrd in Merton College Chapel, Oxford.
Mass for 5 voices - Mass for 3 voices - Tribue Domine.