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St Peter's Church
The Square
Petersfield
Surrey
GU32 3HS
England
Programme
William Byrd – Mass for 3 Voices
Thomas Campion – Tune thy Musicke to thy hart
King Henry VIII – Pastime with Good Company
Thomas Ravenscroft – A Briefe Discourse
John Dowland – Songs
Orlando Gibbons – This is the record of John
John Taverner – Leroy Kyrie
Richard Dering – Factum est silentium
Peter Philips – Salve Regina
Felice Anerio – Stabat Mater
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
William Byrd – Mass for 5 Voices
William Byrd – Mass for 4 Voices: Agnus Dei
Performers
Zoe Barnett – lute
Peter Gambie – Conductor
Renaissance Choir
Programme Note
The Renaissance Choir presents ‘English Renaissance Masters’, featuring choral treasures from the time of the Tudors, including Tallis, Byrd, Taverner, Dowland and others.
This programme is the fourth in our acclaimed ‘Renaissance Masters’ series. To date, we’ve sung gorgeous music from Holland, Spain and Italy and now bring the sensuous strains of Byrd, Tallis, and other Tudor composers to Petersfield.
The Renaissance period was a melting pot in England, with the Church of Rome and the Church of England in a battle for dominance as different monarchs showed their preference. It wasn’t an easy time to be a Roman Catholic – your head could easily part company with your body if you worshipped incorrectly – so some composers (such as William Byrd) used subtle ways to express their faith.
It was also the time of the madrigal in England, and we will sing some of the most popular songs of the time.
Joining us will be fabulous local guitarist, Zoe Barnett, who will be playing a number of works for lute, including pieces by Thomas Campion.
