Always known for their stylistic interpretation of standard, a cappella repertoire, here is a collection of 14 songs edited and realized by one of the greatest a cappella ensembles of all time. An IPA pronunciation guide along with translations and insightful performance tips are included. Songs include: Sing Joyfully, William Byrd / Choeur SATB

' Ave verum was commissioned early in 2011 by Edward Rowntree for the birthday of his father, John Rowntree, director of music at Douai Abbey in the UK. My aim was to write a piece both short and simple, suitable for regular liturgical use. There are, of course, many wonderful settings of this text already, not least those by William Byrd and Edward Elgar, both of which I sang as a boy. In this in…

Par RAVENSCROFT THOMAS. Chanteur, compositeur, théoricien de la musique, Thomas Ravenscroft (vers 1590-1635) est passé à la postérité comme collecteur et premier éditeur de chansons populaires et de canons anglais (rounds ou catches). Conçus pour être chantés à l'unisson dans des tessitures variées, les canons étaient également appréciés sur des instruments tels que flûte à bec ou violes. Les cano…

Par PLE BERTRAND. Le texte du Victimæ paschali laudes serait probablement l’œuvre de Wipo de Bourgogne, auteur du xie siècle. Cette séquence liturgique a inspiré de nombreux compositeurs, en particulier aux xvie et xviie siècles, notamment Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Roland de Lassus ou William Byrd. Pour mettre en avant la dramaturgie du texte, j’ai choisi d’engager ma propre lecture jusque…

Par BROWN ALAN. Edited by Alan Brown. 21 pieces by Byrd, Dowland and others, transcribed and edited from the so-called 'John Bull' ms. in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, probably in the hand of William Tisdale c. 1600. CONTENTS ANONYMOUS John Holmes' Pavan; My Desire; Passamezzo Galliard; Passamezzo Pavan; Paul's Wharf; Pavan BYRD, William Hunt's Up; Pavan DOWLAND, John Galliard: Can she Excuse…

Noël 2 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs, which follows on from the highly acclaimed Noël! Volume 1 (Catalogue No. NOV310800). The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: from Byrd and Sweelinck, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton, and work by today's composer…

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Par PANUFNIK ROXANNA. When the London International Festival of Early Music came to me with a commission to write a solo harpsichord piece for Jane Chapman, they asked me to relate the new piece to Byrd, as it’s the 400th anniversary of his death, this year. Jane introduced me to Byrd’s arrangement of Dowland’s wonderful Pavana Lachrymae (‘Pavan of tears’) – a piece of many layers but simple and e…

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Par DART THURSTON. Edited by Thurston Dart. A transcription of the ms. Panmure 9 in the National Library of Scotland, with keyboard pieces by Byrd, Bull and Wilbye in the hand of Matchett c. 1612. CONTENTS BULL, John (My Choice I will not change; Pegge Ramsye) BYRD, William (Farwell delighte: Fortune my Foe; Ghoste; Mounsiers Allmayne; Whislinge Carman) MATCHETT, Clement (Grownde; My Ladyes left h…

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