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St Mary's Church
Hart St
Henley-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 2AU
England
Programme
William Byrd – This Sweet and Merry Month of May
Thomas Weelkes – As Vesta Was, from Latmos Hill Descending
Thomas Tallis – Absterge Domine
William Byrd – Attolite Portas
Orlande de Lassus – Madonna, mia pietà
Adrian Willaert – Vecchie Letrose
Sandrin – Doulce memoire en plaisir consommée
William Byrd – O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
~ Interval ~
John Tavener – Christe Jesu pastor bone
John Dowland – Now, O Now, I Needs Must part
John Dowland – Can she excuse my wrongs
Alfonso Ferrabosco Sr. – Ad Dominum cum tribularer
Alfonso Ferrabosco Sr. – O remember not our old sins
Alfonso Ferrabosco Sr. – Exaudi Domine orationem meam
John Wilbye – The Lady Oriana
John Farmer – Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling
Performers
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Programme Note
The reign of the great Tudor Queen, Elizabeth I, saw an unparalleled flowering of the arts in England. The ‘Virgin Queen’, herself a talented musician, presided over a court which revelled in the skill of great composers such as Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and John Dowland. This programme explores the way music was used to gain favour with the Queen by courtiers and diplomats and even by suitors, seeking to gain the royal hand in marriage. Along the way we meet foreign spies, disgraced favourites and plotting noblemen, illuminating the life of a court which rejoiced in some of the finest music ever created in England.
