Episode 3
Donald Macleod rejoins the Elizabethan composer as he takes up an appointment at the Chapel Royal. It soon sees him taking the biggest financial risk of his career as he sets up the country's first ever major music publishing concern, a venture which quickly runs into difficulties.
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William Byrd
Diliges Dominum a8
Performer: The Cardinall's Music Performer: Andrew Carwood (conductor)
- ASV CDGAU197.
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William Byrd
Salvator Mundi BK68 & BK 69
Performer: Davitt Moroney (organ)
- HYPERION CDA66551.
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William Byrd
Emendemus in melius a5 & Memento, homo a6
Performer: The Cardinall's Music Performer: Andrew Carwood (conductor)
- ASV CDGAU197.
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William Byrd
The Mayden's Songe BK82
Performer: Davitt Moroney (organ)
- HYPERION CDA66551.
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William Byrd
Vigilate
Performer: Hereford Cathedral Choir, Geraint Bowen (director)
- GRIFFIN GCCD4048.
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William Byrd
Fantasia a5
Performer: Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor) Performer: Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
- VIRGIN VC5452642.
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William Byrd
Ye Sacred Muses
Performer: Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor) Performer: Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
- VIRGIN VC5452642.
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William Byrd
The Great Service: Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis
Performer: The Tallis Scholars Performer: Peter Phillips (director)
- GIMELL CDGIM 011.
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- Wed 31 Mar 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 31 Mar 201022:00BBC Radio 3
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