27 December 2005
Tuesday 27 December 2005 22:00-23:10 (Radio 3)
Continuing the special Christmas series of highlights from the summer Proms. English music spanning a tempestuous era for the arts and religion - from works by Cornysh and Wylkynson recorded for posterity in the pages of the Eton Choirbook in the time of Henry Tudor, to the rich Elizabethan harmonies of Thomas Tallis' magnificent 40-part motet, Spem in Alium.
Presented by Catherine Bott and recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.
Duration:
1 hour 10 minutes
Playlist:
Wylkynson: Jesus autem transiens; Credo in Deum
Cornysh: Salve regina
Tallis: Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter; O nata lux de lumine; Gaude gloriosa Dei mater; Spem in Alium
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
