BBC Proms 2023 - Proms at Londonderry - William Byrd: England’s Nightingale (320kbps. mp3)


Early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico explores the many facets of William Byrd – England’s greatest Renaissance composer and a musical chameleon – in his 400th-anniversary year.

The interval this afternoon will be the first of a series of conversations about writing and Place for this year’s Proms at concerts – critic, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari has been talking to a pair of writers born in Northern Ireland – Michelle Gallen and Colin Bateman

01. Byrd - Emendemus in melius
01a. Introduction to BBC Proms 2023 - Proms at Londonderry
02. Byrd - three songs
i. O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
ii. Sing joyfully
iii. Nunc dimittis from ‘Great Service’
02a. Introduction to Byrd - three songs
03. Byrd - three Latin motets
i. Vide, Domine, afflictionem
ii. Haec dies
iii. Ne irascaris, Domine
03a. Discussion of Byrd with James Arthur
03b. BBC Proms 2023 - Proms at Londonderry - Interval
04. Byrd - six later songs
i. Retire my soul
ii. Byrd Ave verum corpus
iii. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes
iv. Optimam partem elegit
v. Factus est repente
vi. Agnus Dei from 4 part mass
05.  Songs by Morley, Philips and Tomkins
05a. Discussion with Kate Ashby
i. Thomas Morley - Domine Dominus noster
ii. Peter Philips - Ecce vicit Leo
iii. Thomas Tomkins - Too much I once lamented
iv. Byrd - Laudibus in sanctis

Presented by Al Ryan
Broadcast: 15 July 2023