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Friederike Chylek's Keybyrd musick
Harpsichordist Friederike Chylek's specialism is English keyboard music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her three solo recordings, Time...
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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Nicholas Mulroy: The Fifth Element/Seeing Like a Child
Born in Liverpool, tenor Nicholas Mulroy was a chorister at the city’s Metropolitan Cathedral before studying Modern Languages at...
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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Ross Duffin's Family Ties
Ross W. Duffin is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music Emeritus at Case Western Reserve...
Oct 17, 20232 min read
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Roxanna Panufnik: Byrd-inspired
Roxanna Panifnik b.1968 ARAM, GRSM(hons), LRAM studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music and, since then, has written a wide...
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Katie Bank's Byrd List
Dr Katie Bank is a music historian at the University of Birmingham and the creator of ByrdCentral. Katie has published scholarly books...
Jun 23, 20236 min read
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Richard Rastall's Getting to know you
Dr Richard Rastall is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds.
Feb 16, 20233 min read
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Robert Quinney's Byrd Great, Part II of II
Robert Quinney is Organist of New College, Oxford.
Feb 6, 20235 min read
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Earl of Oxford: A Goodly Manor For A Song
This ByrdStory comes from someone with an unusually close historical and musical connection to the composer. The description for...
Jan 11, 20233 min read
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James MacMillan's Lament for Will
Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. His musical language is...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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Danny & Thomas are excited for Rorate Caeli
Cousin choristers Danny & Thomas chat with infectious enthusiasm about their favourite piece of Byrd: the Advent introit Rorate caeli.
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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Patrick Dunachie goes time travelling with Will and Tom (and Tim)
Patrick Dunachie is a countertenor in The King's Singers.
Nov 25, 20225 min read
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Roderick Williams: Holding Hands with Composers Past
In this charming video, Roddy gives us a peek into his lifelong relationship with Byrd's music, starting with his boyhood as a chorister.
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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Harry Christophers Breaks the Spine
Harry Christophers shares a ByrdStory about his recent experiences with Byrd's 1611 songbook.
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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Robert Quinney's Ut re mi fa sol la, Part I of II
Robert Quinney is Organist of New College, Oxford. In addition to the daily direction of New College’s world-famous choir, he is also a...
Oct 9, 20226 min read
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Your Servant, Elizabeth
Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad's music has been described as "like a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition" (The...
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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Jonathan Arnold's Infelix Ego
Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold is Director of Communities and Partnerships in the Diocese of Canterbury and Honorary Research Fellow at the...
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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Kerry McCarthy's "No Fishing From This Bank"
Kerry McCarthy is author of the book Byrd (OUP, 2013) A short share. This photo was taken on the bank of the River Trent in Newark, where...
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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Sebastian B. Pin's Byrd Tattoo
or, Why do I use my paper, 'ink' and pen?
Jun 7, 20221 min read
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Lucy Matheson's Music Homework
Lucy is Librarian at Lincoln College, Oxford, soprano, socialite and occasional allotment gardener. My first introduction to William Byrd...
Jun 7, 20221 min read
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Robert Busiakiewicz's Credo Catastrophe
In this video, Rob (conductor, composer, and founder of Opus 8), shares a memorable moment in a French Cathedral with Byrd a 5....
May 28, 20221 min read
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