Cambridge Early Music Concerts 2013
WILLIAM BYRD, RECUSANT and REBEL
The Mercian Consort
12.00 noon, Saturday 17 August, 2013
Tickets: £15.00, £12.00
Summer Season tickets: £160.00, £123.00
This programme demonstrates William Byrd's mastery in writing for the voice (through a wide range of styles)
whilst focusing on works that have particular importance to Byrd's own beliefs as a recusant Roman Catholic in Elizabethan England.
Included are familiar works - the Five-part Mass, Vigilate and Ne irascaris, Domine - and one that you almost
certainly won't know, the incredibly haunting unpublished setting of O salutaris hostia.
The Mercian Consort is a versatile vocal ensemble made up of young singers drawn from across the UK; their first CD will be released
later this year. The consort focuses on engagement with deeply emotional religious texts.
All concert information is correct at 16 May 2013.
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