Queen Mary's Big Belly

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
February 3, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DE LASSUS MUNDY NEWMAN PARS
    • PERFORMER
      Gallicantus, Kenny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 03, 2017
    • UPC
      635212046425
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD464
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Pater noster

      Composer: Philip Van Wilder

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    2. Exurge Christe

      Composer: William Mundy

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    3. Peccavimus cum patribus

      Composer: Christopher Tye

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    4. Te spectant Reginalde Poli

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    5. Like as the doleful dove

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Performer: Elizabeth Kenny

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    6. New Ballad of the Marigold [England, ca. 1553]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Performer: Elizabeth Kenny

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    7. Fansye

      Composer: Anthony Newman

      Performer: Elizabeth Kenny

    8. Sarum Litany [England, 13th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    9. O sacrum convivium

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    10. Quod chorus vatum

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    11. Christi virgo dilectissima

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    12. Deus misereatur

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    13. When shall my sorrowful sighing slake

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Performer: Elizabeth Kenny

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    14. Vain, vain, all our life we spend in vain I

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Performer: Elizabeth Kenny

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    15. Martyr Dei qui unicum

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    16. Loquebantur variis linguis

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    17. Libera nos, salva nos, Magnus Dominus

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch

    18. Vain, vain, all our life we spend in vain II

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gallicantus

      Conductor: Gabriel Crouch


Gallicantus performs music surrounding the fascinating yet tragic story of Queen Mary Tudor's "phantom pregnancy". On April 30th, 1555 the city of London celebrated the birth of a health male heir, but abruptly ceased the next day after the news was revealed to be nothing but rumor. There was to be no heir, with gossip and speculation surrounding the tale of Mary's pregnancy from that day onwards. The music performed here resonates with the circumstances of the mid 1550's, including items composed outside of Mary's reign: from the royal ceremonies in which Mary participated as queen, and music directly tied to the specific events of 1554-1555. This includes a newly-reconstructed Litany which was performed during Mary's assumed pregnancy. The viewpoint shifts from the streets of London and its suburbs, through the ceremonial grandeur of the royal palaces and their chapels, to the intimacy of the Privy Chamber itself.