Byrd: The Great Service in the Chapel Royal

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
June 26, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BYRD, WILLIAM
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Devine, Musica Contexta
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 26, 2012
    • UPC
      095115078921
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 0789
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Wind Ensemble/Band Music
    Works ⌄

    1. Constitues eos

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    2. Venite

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    3. Second Preces and Psalms: Psalm 114: When Israel came out of Egypt

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    4. Te Deum

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    5. Benedictus

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    6. Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Performer: Steven Devine

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    7. Nunc scio vere

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    8. Kyrie

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    9. Prelude in C Major

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Steven Devine

    10. Creed

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    11. Hodie Simon Petrus

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    12. First Preces and Psalms: Psalm 47: O clap your hands together, all ye people

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    13. Magnificat

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    14. Verse in C Major

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Steven Devine

    15. Nunc dimittis

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens

    16. O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth the Queen

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Musica Contexta

      Conductor: Simon Ravens


Musica Contexta translates literally as ‘music interwoven’, reflecting the group’s primary aim of presenting Renaissance music in the context of its original conception and function. The Great Service, consisting of settings of liturgical texts for Matins, Communion, and Evensong, is among the finest music by William Byrd for the Anglican Church. He wrote this grand-scale work for two five-part choirs who. The endless variety with which Byrd played with the available combinations gives the Great Service a kaleidoscopic character, which is very rare in late Renaissance music.