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ByrdStories
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Byrd-a-Thon for Mary Mags
A collaborative complete sight-read performance of the Latin choral works of William Byrd to raise money for the Mags music fund.
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Jan 11, 20233 min read
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...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Graphical Scores by Musanim
We are delighted to share some visualisations of Byrd's music by Stephen Malinowski (with additional scores forthcoming as a part of our...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Gesualdo Six & Secret Byrd
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers....
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Jan 5, 20232 min read
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...
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Dec 4, 20221 min read
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.
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Nov 25, 20225 min read
Patrick Dunachie goes time travelling with Will and Tom (and Tim)
Patrick Dunachie is a countertenor in The King's Singers.
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Nov 22, 20222 min read
Westminster Cathedral Choir launch year-long celebration of 400th anniversary of William Byrd
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, Westminster Cathedral Choir will perform the entirety of his Gradualia,...
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Nov 18, 20221 min read
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.
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Oct 31, 20224 min read
Harry Christophers Breaks the Spine
Harry Christophers shares a ByrdStory about his recent experiences with Byrd's 1611 songbook.
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Oct 9, 20226 min read
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...
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Oct 7, 20223 min read
The Sixteen, Byrd 1611 & Whitney's Emblems
Bank take a peek at Byrd's use of visual culture and consort song performance in Byrd's final songbook, Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611).
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Oct 3, 20223 min read
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...
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Aug 5, 20222 min read
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...
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Jul 26, 20221 min read
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...
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Jun 7, 20221 min read
Lucy Matheson's Music Homework
Lucy is Librarian at Lincoln College, Oxford, soprano, socialite and occasional allotment gardener. My first introduction to William Byrd...
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May 28, 20221 min read
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....
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Apr 11, 20222 min read
Sally Dunkley's Early Byrd Discoveries
Sally Dunkley's long career as professional consort singer has run hand-in-hand with her interest in 16th-century vocal music as...
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Apr 11, 20226 min read
Richard Turbet's Byrd, Incidentally
An Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Aberdeen, Richard read English at University College London 1966-69, qualified as a...
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