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Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England
Programme
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
William Byrd – Great Service: Magnificat; Nunc dimittis
Orlando Gibbons – This is the record of John
Orlando Gibbons – See, see the Word is incarnate
Thomas Tallis – Videte miraculum
Henry Fleetwood Sheppard – Verbum caro
Performers
Jeffrey Skidmore – Conductor
Ex Cathedra
Fretwork
Programme Note
Ex Cathedra return to Milton Court to celebrate Christmas with a selection of period choral pieces, featuring works from William Byrd's immaculate repertoire.
Yuletide in the Elizabethan era was a time of profound spirituality as well as celebration – and composers such as Byrd, Gibbons and Tallis composed some of the most timeless sacred music ever created in these islands. This programme explores the grandeur, emotion and deep beauty that lay at the heart of Christmas festivities at the court of Elizabeth I.
'Brilliantly virtuosic and commited' The Telegraph
