Prom 64
Thursday 1 September 2005 22:00-23:15 (Radio 3)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist:
Wylkynson: Jesus autem transiens/Credo in unum Deum
Cornysh: Salve regina
Tallis: Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter:
1. Man Blest no Doubt
2. Let God Arise in Majesty
3. Why Fumth in Fight
4. O Come in One to Praise the Lord
Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
Tallis: Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
5. Een Like the Hunted Hind
6. Expend, O Lord, My Plaint of Word
7. Why Bragst in Malice High
8. God Grant We Grace
9. Come, Holy Ghost (Tallis' Ordinal)
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
Tallis: Spem in alium
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)