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Music from the time of Shakespeare

Add to my Calendar 10-03-2016 19:45 10-03-2016 21:45 36 Music from the time of Shakespeare The Edinburgh University Renaissance singers mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a programme of music inspired by his plays, interspersed with pieces which would have been performed during his lifetime. Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Canongate Kirk
153 Canongate
Edinburgh
EH8 8BN
Scotland

Programme

Orlando Gibbons – What is our life!
William Byrd – Mass for 4 Voices
Thomas Morley – It was a lover and his lass (As you like it: Act V Scene 3)
William Byrd – Come, woeful Orpheus
Nathaniel Giles – Tibi soli peccavi
Robert Johnson – Full Fathom Five (The Tempest: Act I Scene 2)
Orlando Gibbons – Lift up your heads
~ Interval ~
Antonio Bicci – Candide perle
William Byrd – Reges Tharsis
William Byrd – Why Do I Use My Paper Ink and Pen?
Robert Jones – Farewell, dear heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams – O mistress mine
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Over hill, over dale
Orlande de Lassus – Un jour vis
Thomas Morley – Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

Performers

Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers

Programme Note

The Edinburgh University Renaissance singers mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a programme of music inspired by his plays, interspersed with pieces which would have been performed during his lifetime.

Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers with Dr Noel O'Regan, director

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