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...
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Oct 17, 20232 min read
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...
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Richard Rastall's Getting to know you
Dr Richard Rastall is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds.
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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 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 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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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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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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