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Queen's College Chapel
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England
Programme
William Byrd – Justorum animae
William Byrd – Come to me, grief, for ever
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
William Byrd – Confirma hoc Deus (Motet for five voices for Whitsunday)
William Byrd – Alleluia. Ascendit Deus - Dominus in Sina
William Byrd – Laudibus in Sanctis
William Byrd – Terra tremuit
William Byrd – Emendemus in melius
William Byrd – Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
William Byrd – Rorate caeli
William Byrd – Beati mundo corde
Performers
Owen Rees – Conductor
Contrapunctus
Programme Note
William Byrd's vast output of Latin polyphony provided religious solace to his fellow Catholics in Protestant England and furnished their services with fine music at key moments in the church’s year. In this concert, marking the 400th anniversary of Byrd’s death, Contrapunctus explores the astonishing breadth of Byrd’s sacred output, including works for the great feasts of All Saints and Easter. Byrd's publication of this output for all seasons is even more remarkable given that he wrote much of it knowing that its performance in religious services was illegal.
