Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures Twentieth Century Premiered in 1800

Premiered in 1800

but his harmonic and textural language offers us a fascinating insight into the changing fashions of musical taste and composers’ attempts to keep with them

The choir present a major work written specially for the choir

The Fournier Trio bring new life and vitality to these two trios

Paul Silverthorne (viola) & Katherine Jenkinson (cello)

Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures Twentieth Century Premiered in 1800Alamire Jacob Heringman (lute) Lynda Sayce (lute) Fretwork David Skinner (director) Byrds first song collection was published in 1588. In the following year he writes that he had bene encouraged thereby, to take further paines therein, and to make the pertaker thereof, because I would shew my selfe gratefull to thee for thy loue, and desirous to delight thee with varietie, whereof (in my opinion) no Science is more plentifully adorned then Musicke.