tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804236049096680202024-03-12T00:00:33.949+00:00William Byrd @ StondonSt Peter & St Paul Church, Stondon Massey, Brentwood, Essex. CM15 0LDAndrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-60662396747075375242024-03-12T00:00:00.001+00:002024-03-12T00:00:00.133+00:00Centenary of Unveiling of Tercentenary Memorial<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In a new essay to commemorate William Byrd, K Dawn Grapes writes of the Tercentenary events that "The most meaningful service of the day may have taken place at Stondon Massey in Essex, where Byrd lived for some thirty years. ... In March 1924, a tablet with Byrd's coat of arms was presented at an Evensong service."#<p></p><p>The following is an extract from 'The Life and Times of William Byrd: A Local History'.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The memorial, funded by a surplus from the
London celebrations includes<span style="color: red;"> “the words, in raised
lettering, “A Father of Musick”, these being taken from the Byrd entry in the
‘Cheque Book’ of the Chapel Royal”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Its unveiling was marked by a Service on 12<sup>th</sup>
March 1924, reported in The Times and locally in the Essex Review and the Essex
County Chronicle and was attended by twenty men and boys of the Chapel Royal
who sang a selection of Byrd’s work. The officiating preacher was Dr Gary
Warman, the Bishop of Chelmsford, who unveiled the memorial: <span style="color: #002060;">“Things were so arranged that the Bishop could easily
manipulate the light cord from the pulpit”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span></span></a>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">“Considerable local and general
interest was taken in the historic event [on Wednesday] and the church was
filled some time before the service started. An imposing touch of colour was
provided by the long scarlet and gold-braided coats of the boy choristers, with
the white laced ruffs as were used in Byrd’s time”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">“The service (which was conducted by
the Rev. L. J. Percival) took the form of evensong, with sung responses by
Byrd. Psalm 84, ‘O how amiable are Thy dwellings’, was chanted, and the first
lesson read by Canon Reeve, was from Ecclesiastes. 44, verses 1-16. In the
place of the Magnificat, Byrd’s anthem, ‘O praise the Lord, ye saints above’
was finely rendered, followed by the second lesson, read by Canon Galpin [of
Faulkbourne, also president of the Essex Archaeological Society<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>], from
Revelation 7, verses 9 to the end. For the Nunc Dimittus, the anthem, ‘Come to
us we beseech Thee’ (Byrd), was substituted. After the third collect, ‘Justorum
Animae’ (Byrd) was sung, followed at the close by the hymn ‘For all the
Saints”, sung to the tune by Vaughan Williams. Practically all the singing was
unaccompanied. The choir, led by Mr Stanley Roper<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>, gave
faultless renderings.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">“The Bishop of Chelmsford, in the
course of an address, said William Byrd’s gift was marked by three main
features, each of interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave his
best music for the rites and ceremonies of his own Church. His Church was not
theirs, but they respected him. In his day, the English Liturgy was in the
process of revision. Men were wanted to give musical settings for the new
versions, and William Byrd gave them”<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">“Canon Reeve [who from the outset
took a keen interest in the erection of the tablet] thanked the committee for a
beautiful gift in memory of the distinguished parishioner of by-gone days and
said that he was honoured to accept the tablet”<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reeve later wrote,<span style="color: #0f243e; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> “I little thought, twenty years ago,
that I should have witnessed such a Service … or found Stondon so generally
accepted as Byrd’s home and burial place”<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #0f243e; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"># The extract comes from the essay 'Reviving Byrd. The 1923 Tercentenary' contained within a new book entitled 'Byrd Studies in the twenty-first century' edited by Samantha Bassler, Katherine Butler & Katie Bank. (Clemson University Press, 2023)</p><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The Times. <st1:date day="17" month="3" w:st="on" year="1924">17 March 1924</st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>
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Canon Francis William Galpin was not only a professional colleague of Reeve but
also a gifted musician and leading authority on ancient musical instruments. He
wrote many articles and was co-author of ‘Church Plate in Essex’ (1926). He was
a handsome man with dignified bearing, who never discarded his frockcoat and
broad-brimmed hat of the Victorian age.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Byrd%20Books/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20William%20Byrd%20-%20A%20Local%20History.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Stanley Roper was organist and leader of the Chapel Royal choir and the
director of the Elizabethan Madrigal Society. Also present was Dr. Charles
Macpherson, organist of St Pauls Cathedral. The Service was conducted by the
Rev. L J Percival, Preceptor of the Chapel Royal. (Source: The Times. 17 March
1924)<o:p></o:p></p>
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The Times. <st1:date day="17" month="3" w:st="on" year="1924">17 March 1924</st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><br /><p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-63387485114609041522023-07-31T00:00:00.001+01:002023-07-31T00:00:00.142+01:00Byrd at the BBC: Composer of the Week Podcast<p>When the series is no longer available to listen to in full, this Podcast includes Byrd's life and times including at Stondon Massey: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fz9cxy">BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, William Byrd (1543-1623)</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcVp4_DeexjWhe2846NlVM7G_oRQc6XreECc8w_UoQFBbOzHLmTfVVMxBOUucX84YMByFD0vocU-p06aDiogCgkztVY4Slt-eKnpl9w3hWFKhSzN6hjv8WQ-zu6yVHGIqVFuIkfcRjAjJrUHC9_mb5DBhUqmGXJUy1jfPP8uOekUS0MI-YYfImletk_LA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="649" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcVp4_DeexjWhe2846NlVM7G_oRQc6XreECc8w_UoQFBbOzHLmTfVVMxBOUucX84YMByFD0vocU-p06aDiogCgkztVY4Slt-eKnpl9w3hWFKhSzN6hjv8WQ-zu6yVHGIqVFuIkfcRjAjJrUHC9_mb5DBhUqmGXJUy1jfPP8uOekUS0MI-YYfImletk_LA=w400-h381" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-84983040214774698952023-07-30T00:00:00.004+01:002023-07-30T00:00:00.159+01:00Byrd at the BBC: Record Review Podcast<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNBuhpvudHb4iV3NU36-5xdYnwY16KdO-bhmCZ3qDy0uJNJK6vWrbM_vGcT1SgLpD6dxB44Mb5X87AI9728t5YU5-YNg3QXqk48ejUZp3CQgjBKBA5kn01zSPEFhBGe3rH3ku-EsXZp9ESiSjY7FbCqNwJF_6RihBpo8mtGoaXHrpKTJeFrGyzS9VoF9s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="797" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNBuhpvudHb4iV3NU36-5xdYnwY16KdO-bhmCZ3qDy0uJNJK6vWrbM_vGcT1SgLpD6dxB44Mb5X87AI9728t5YU5-YNg3QXqk48ejUZp3CQgjBKBA5kn01zSPEFhBGe3rH3ku-EsXZp9ESiSjY7FbCqNwJF_6RihBpo8mtGoaXHrpKTJeFrGyzS9VoF9s=w400-h108" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>This version of 'Record Review', first broadcast on 1 July 2023, is available for over a year: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fyv15v">Record Review Podcast - The essential works by English composer William Byrd. - BBC Sounds</a></p><p><br /></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-72250137787158190382023-07-29T00:00:00.001+01:002023-07-29T00:00:00.167+01:00Keyboard music by Byrd on You Tube - with familiar pictures<p> Returning the compliment to RosemaryThomas1 for use of the You Tube video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nCFfstZEUk">William Byrd 400th Anniversary 2023 Celebration of Englands' greatest composer - YouTube</a></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-36637457078913555362023-07-13T10:19:00.000+01:002023-07-13T10:19:05.650+01:00Repeat of 'The Life and Times of William Byrd: A Local History'. Thursday 27 July 2023. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcpducY1jO-xquty74F3t3SjKUWZSTyvQtnXvfGsppCLuFRojF3k7sFKzKxIcg1r4q0fYVcz72twyfS8EWWZMtc0TLD1X-aDgsbPzVVIXcY0GSruyVB4Cz_UJkHxByURImTWJp2FRaYcGgEwksj8kU6qqwXi6qiLLqtnwzXNENzN7ZWuMKn1MTvywYz4/s225/hchglogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="192" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcpducY1jO-xquty74F3t3SjKUWZSTyvQtnXvfGsppCLuFRojF3k7sFKzKxIcg1r4q0fYVcz72twyfS8EWWZMtc0TLD1X-aDgsbPzVVIXcY0GSruyVB4Cz_UJkHxByURImTWJp2FRaYcGgEwksj8kU6qqwXi6qiLLqtnwzXNENzN7ZWuMKn1MTvywYz4/s1600/hchglogo.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">There will be another opportunity to hear 'The Life and Times of William Byrd: A Local History'. Andrew Smith will be giving a PowerPoint version of the talk at the High Country History Group.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The meeting will be held on Thursday 27 July 2023, beginning at 8pm at Toot Hill Village Hall, Toot Hill Road, Toot Hill, Ongar. CM5 9SD.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Visitors are very welcome. The entrance fee is £5.00 and will include after-talk refreshments.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For more information on the High Country History Group visit <a href="https://highcountryhistorygroup.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;">High Country History Group</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The talk is available for booking. Use contact form on this site.</p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-87437698316068614842023-07-12T23:59:00.002+01:002023-07-12T23:59:00.150+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p> <u>BBC Radio 3 In Concert</u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Wednesday 12 July. 7.30-10.00pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nh9d">BBC
Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The Sixteen at York Minster</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Sixteen Choir under their director Harry Christophers
sing Byrd as part of their Choral Pilgrimage. <o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-35979213110303065322023-07-12T18:00:00.000+01:002023-07-12T18:00:00.174+01:00Music Workshop<p style="text-align: justify;"> Read and listen to Byrd here: <a href="https://www.music-workshop.co.uk/resources/blog/william-byrd-400-years-on-celebrating-the-father-of-music/">William
Byrd 400 years on: celebrating the ‘father of music’ (music-workshop.co.uk)</a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-29107873275552471192023-07-11T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-11T18:00:00.146+01:00Father Edmund Campion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr_p2tn6fWLHFCdbTvzqrbYIACkMugMTHI9mwyTenUUCA5gKMKQVBqKZO6WzqQPQ6iWKhTbgdbc-3kQhzuWH2JieubGyT5yqp26by4_gZVU1XCVItzneeJkt4Q-Zwa6EtGvwW8wUjdK0DZE0L3xKG8yuu5vKGQDePkwRoyQaRPal8CcIk_A7BTpimFFw/s5184/Byrd%20Campion.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr_p2tn6fWLHFCdbTvzqrbYIACkMugMTHI9mwyTenUUCA5gKMKQVBqKZO6WzqQPQ6iWKhTbgdbc-3kQhzuWH2JieubGyT5yqp26by4_gZVU1XCVItzneeJkt4Q-Zwa6EtGvwW8wUjdK0DZE0L3xKG8yuu5vKGQDePkwRoyQaRPal8CcIk_A7BTpimFFw/s320/Byrd%20Campion.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>An extract from the new book ‘The Life and
Times of William Byrd: A Local History’ now available. The image is from the ceiling of the English Martyrs' Chapel in Westminster Cathedral, London.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the early 1580s men who had been trained abroad
as Jesuit priests were entering England as missionaries. One of the most
high-profile was Edmund Campion, originally ordained in the Church of England. The
other was Father Robert Persons (or Parsons) who we encountered earlier. These
“two Jesuits strengthened the resolve of many lay Catholics to refuse
conformity” through the printing and circulation of books by using “a roving
press”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The authorities seized
many copies. Campion travels the country and is welcomed, in his own words, </span><span style="color: #4a442a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“to hear
their confessions … [say] Mass, I preach; they hear with exceeding greediness
and often receive the sacrament”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. But this is a dangerous
course of action. From 1581, celebrating mass was punishable by death.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A network of spies engaged by the authorities
would secretly join invited congregations at recusant country houses. Campion made
an ill-judged return visit to Lyford Grange in Berkshire two days following his
first visit. It was there that George Eliot, a professional priest-hunter,
heard Campion preach on the text ‘Jerusalem thou killest the prophets’. Jerusalem
then, as in the later setting of William Blake’s poem and ‘Last Night at The
Proms’ song, was reference to England: ‘England thou killest the prophets’ was
an incendiary speech. Later that day the house was surrounded, and the
following morning intruders discovered Campion hiding in the ‘priest’s hole’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">John Stow’s ‘Annals of England’ was published
in 1605. He records the recent events: </span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“1581. Campion and others executed. The first of
December, Edmond Campion Jesuit, Ralfe Sherwine, and Alexander Brian seminarie
priests, were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne, and there hanged
bowelled & quartered.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Edmund Campion, born 25</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> January
1540, was the same age as Byrd and as a boy had connections with St Paul’s
Cathedral where Byrd’s brothers also sang. They grew up together: “A boyhood
friendship between them might explain the intensity of Byrd’s musical reaction
to Campion’s martyrdom”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Roy Hattersley reveals </span><span style="color: #4a442a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Among the silent Catholics, who
were emboldened by the execution of Edmund Campion, was the wife of William
Byrd, the composer and organist in the Elizabethan Chapel Royal. She, at least
according to folklore, was in the crowd that witnessed his disembowelling, and
dipped her handkerchief in the martyr’s blood”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This is a souvenir or,
more appropriately, a relic of the occasion.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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Trimble, 1964, 103<o:p></o:p></p>
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Hattersley, 2017, 142<o:p></o:p></p>
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Harley, 2010, 10<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-75034466001188644192023-07-10T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-10T18:00:00.139+01:00Byrd at Harlington<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-WH5BpLClgLHJWn8Fzt5zyABGNi9qIBm3E1Veut6kl4sfBE5iEwrd8a-ioMAkWmNhGq3B1PZXhgH8_7AOPCVyNK518Isp_pPawK31GyyI8HyR8oSlpWmye0kXkr7a_7WGSEhmEQzdYz0y7tEbzTADxRBCuOuGxZRGIdEAbncVHxVYTd7idWDXkjGG0c/s5184/Byrd%20Harlington%20School.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-WH5BpLClgLHJWn8Fzt5zyABGNi9qIBm3E1Veut6kl4sfBE5iEwrd8a-ioMAkWmNhGq3B1PZXhgH8_7AOPCVyNK518Isp_pPawK31GyyI8HyR8oSlpWmye0kXkr7a_7WGSEhmEQzdYz0y7tEbzTADxRBCuOuGxZRGIdEAbncVHxVYTd7idWDXkjGG0c/w400-h300/Byrd%20Harlington%20School.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Researching William Byrd, in March 2023 I took
a trip along the new Elizabeth Line to Zone 6 in West London to visit
Harlington and on the way home called at Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral
to attend a service which included the great composer’s music. Harlington has
not been mentioned during the Byrd celebrations on the BBC so now I make amends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is little to be seen at Harlington other
than the Church of St Peter & St Paul which Byrd did not attend but a
school nearby is named after Byrd.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkEVorgyH9V1IZMufnQyuHLBMjFbnjVsk6vzIALyi3c0RWJIKMaFEjYpzDpV9V6uc4U_DbP9CECR23I8tOhe7QCd_cdXnAD9iDdF1DZfJBcN3GdaHu8RXa03ASVONjadrulIDkNTYNmVu4748JwHd_ei_o3e1MCfvcRx9ueWHAKuNayzrJKTRjFufLno/s5184/Byrd%20Harlington%20Church.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkEVorgyH9V1IZMufnQyuHLBMjFbnjVsk6vzIALyi3c0RWJIKMaFEjYpzDpV9V6uc4U_DbP9CECR23I8tOhe7QCd_cdXnAD9iDdF1DZfJBcN3GdaHu8RXa03ASVONjadrulIDkNTYNmVu4748JwHd_ei_o3e1MCfvcRx9ueWHAKuNayzrJKTRjFufLno/w400-h300/Byrd%20Harlington%20Church.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The following are extracts from the new book ‘The
Life and Times of William Byrd: A Local History’ now available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgrAVerpAO2J1UsBOjQ_GuMQ9Vp48uS9Fiy_cLkB9jDQ7L6c8xRGt3tP0UGzNgODVYZg3sk1K61bLa60cqK0GO2e2N28LxTV_AoxDjmoTk2cXKZ0Z1hxMOmys_P9ToowPSpo-O5Z2EElcE3YCbW7aD58vB4JBgXxqtED-OV9epFHcJf46OwX28K6s46k/s5184/Byrd%20Harlington%20Sign.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgrAVerpAO2J1UsBOjQ_GuMQ9Vp48uS9Fiy_cLkB9jDQ7L6c8xRGt3tP0UGzNgODVYZg3sk1K61bLa60cqK0GO2e2N28LxTV_AoxDjmoTk2cXKZ0Z1hxMOmys_P9ToowPSpo-O5Z2EElcE3YCbW7aD58vB4JBgXxqtED-OV9epFHcJf46OwX28K6s46k/s320/Byrd%20Harlington%20Sign.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Byrd family moved to Harlington, near
Uxbridge, in 1577 where they are named by the churchwardens of the parish
church for non-attendance. From 1581 fines of £20 per month were imposed for
non-attendance, but it is unclear whether he actually paid any fines<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“It was probably on account of his religion that he lived all his life
some way out of London where he would be less likely to attract attention. His
name occurs as living at Harlington in 1581, … in another entry he is described
as “a friend and abettor of those beyond the seas”, and as living at Draighton”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_S7XRvTs0wEhtINdPB24ak35dfc38Rs6V7faASmcwMvRa-UpORy_nbwU3r0BKIRo4j1kocla9t39L7ozVVWp1YaLHcuCgHxiHbiFQDE21kWSnof7MHoUXqAE7d7F5l6CveAJvgI2qivpDyDDDGhTzCZHw39sC6Ntjdg9XrK6QKqvhT00VxFAWNL-xDk/s5184/Byrd%20West%20Drayton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_S7XRvTs0wEhtINdPB24ak35dfc38Rs6V7faASmcwMvRa-UpORy_nbwU3r0BKIRo4j1kocla9t39L7ozVVWp1YaLHcuCgHxiHbiFQDE21kWSnof7MHoUXqAE7d7F5l6CveAJvgI2qivpDyDDDGhTzCZHw39sC6Ntjdg9XrK6QKqvhT00VxFAWNL-xDk/s320/Byrd%20West%20Drayton.JPG" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The final entry for non-attendance at
Harlington is dated 7<sup>th</sup> April 1592, covering the period between 31<sup>st</sup>
August 1591 and 31<sup>st</sup> March 1592. These presentations name William’s wife
as Julian. At Stondon, Byrd’s wife is named Ellen, but she is the same person<a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(During Byrd’s time at Harlington he falls
under suspicion with involvement in the Throckmorton Plot then the Babington Plot
to overthrow the Queen.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In closing the net on the conspirators, Francis
Walsingham, chief spymaster, and interrogator, discovered letters from Byrd to
the Pagets. By February 1584 Byrd had been questioned and was expected not to
stray too far from his home at Harlington.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Investigators into the Babington Plot find a
letter on the person of John Reason</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Byrd’s servant, to
“m[aste]r Fyton”. Walsingham’s office diary notes: “’To seek out matters
against Bryde’, ‘to sende to Fra[nci]s Mylls m[aste]r Brydes note’ and ‘To
sende for M[aste]r Byrde’”</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On 21</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> August 1586</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Byrd’s home in Harlington
is searched</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> In
‘The Elizabethans’ (2011), A.N. Wilson suggests that the Byrd family was always
short of money because they were required to pay “stiff fines” for
non-attendance at Church. There is no evidence to suggest that the Byrds paid
any fines. Another historian suggests that the Queen personally intervened to
prevent the family paying fines. Wilson also suggests that the exclusive right
to print music was in some way compensation for a poorly paid job and that “the
Anglo-Catholic Queen” effectively authorised the setting of Latin Masses by
Byrd (Wilson, 2011, 195). Whilst there is evidence that The Queen preferred
more ritual in worship authorisation of Latin Masses would be politically
undesirable. Byrd though interprets the remit widely. Wilson adds elsewhere
that there were many Catholic sympathisers in the legal profession, and this
was acceptable “so long as they kept quiet about it and did not attempt to
proselytise” (Wilson, 2011, 196). Keeping quiet about something does not
necessarily mean the behaviour is acceptable. Finally, Wilson says that the
government “would have deemed itself irresponsible not to suppress Jesuit
missionaries” who “in most cases rightly [were] actively engaged in treason …
[plotting] the murder of the head of state and overthrow of the system”
(Wilson, 2011, 196). This is explored later in the text. Other historians
suggest Catholic suppression was widespread – fearful of being caught.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Reeve, 1900, 33<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> John
Harley (1997) says that this is an error on the part of the ecclesiastical
court in Essex, assuming Byrd’s wife to be Ellen or Helena, and claims Byrd did
not remarry. This is supported by Byrd’s family tree contained in Visitations
of Essex dated 1634: ERO D/DQs/43<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Philip Brett (2007)
notes that Julian Byrd and John Reason were cited for recusancy in 1577 (Brett,
2007,126)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Harley, 2010, 129<o:p></o:p></p>
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Morris, 1875, 142 <a href="https://ia800208.us.archive.org/30/items/troublesofourcat02morr/troublesofourcat02morr.pdf">The
troubles of our Catholic forefathers related by themselves. First [--third]
series (archive.org)</a> accessed 15 February 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/44739/Documents/Byrd%202023/Campion%20-%20Harlington%20-%20blog.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Caraman, 1964, 41<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-56236795045732518002023-07-09T18:00:00.017+01:002023-07-09T18:00:00.222+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p><u><b></b></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh9Vn48StDOlIhRzyz1m6nDPklS-LwdhhbwQ0TUetg4I4xApJxO-OlHiNosP1qS5Vzvnjk6VDmsqe8dXk7hQtq_pupwAraqbcSUepQIcvLvReCir5_F4Pvn2Rqhe2Ya4UwofZ3YPW4eZwQ6v9juvHMScTe6m919zlWHwRQ5_rWX28VZrGi8Q3YeNUz2g/s650/Byrd%20Sunday%20W.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh9Vn48StDOlIhRzyz1m6nDPklS-LwdhhbwQ0TUetg4I4xApJxO-OlHiNosP1qS5Vzvnjk6VDmsqe8dXk7hQtq_pupwAraqbcSUepQIcvLvReCir5_F4Pvn2Rqhe2Ya4UwofZ3YPW4eZwQ6v9juvHMScTe6m919zlWHwRQ5_rWX28VZrGi8Q3YeNUz2g/w400-h358/Byrd%20Sunday%20W.png" width="400" /></a></b></u></div><u><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></u><p></p><p><u><b>Sunday Worship</b></u></p><p><b>Sunday 9 July. 8.10-8.45am. BBC Radio 4</b></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001np3l"><b>BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets</b></a></p><p><b>-</b></p><p> <u>Choral Evensong</u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Wednesday 5 July. 4.00-5.00pm (repeated Sunday 9 July.
3.00-4.00pm)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n83d">BBC
Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Lincoln Cathedral</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Live from Lincoln Cathedral to mark the 400<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the death of William Byrd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Sunday Feature<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sunday 9 July. 6.45-7.30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nh30">BBC
Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Byrd and Beyond: Challenged by Faith</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Harry Christophers, conductor of The Sixteen, examines
the powerful relationship between faith and music, both in Byrd’s time and the
present day.<o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-7618170834414442602023-07-09T17:10:00.002+01:002023-07-09T17:10:14.100+01:00Renaissance Singers at Ingatestone Hall: Saturday 21 October 2023<p> Book quickly if you want to attend one of these Concerts to be held at Ingatestone Hall: <a href="https://www.renaissancesingers.com/">The Renaissance Singers - specialist London chamber choir</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDoNimLMu_SmNZCA8FFcF1tnVemhHEKsVyWt0pG-KHEyxi5dee1s-tEThovkMRx1G8JvaM4wYK4-UfS5m3olfahI0mkcZDZ8cZvKOgxlmM-Dlb76dHT4QSeo1io5mCP_d8cmk6Quhm_Twhtgnl4YUjBvZB5tBfo8HxZcEj-t3KAvLsg1JpxX9p1LDjHg/s512/Byrd%20Ren%20S%2021%20Oct.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="352" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDoNimLMu_SmNZCA8FFcF1tnVemhHEKsVyWt0pG-KHEyxi5dee1s-tEThovkMRx1G8JvaM4wYK4-UfS5m3olfahI0mkcZDZ8cZvKOgxlmM-Dlb76dHT4QSeo1io5mCP_d8cmk6Quhm_Twhtgnl4YUjBvZB5tBfo8HxZcEj-t3KAvLsg1JpxX9p1LDjHg/w275-h400/Byrd%20Ren%20S%2021%20Oct.png" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-59175522827316662972023-07-09T08:17:00.005+01:002023-07-09T09:04:53.426+01:00'Sunday Worship' on BBC Radio 4 recorded at Stondon Massey Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOjRUHDUNnUvUWdAfHVD-GTJqe5cKV5e30woZle-0hskvs7TjLtUQqozO_x3nI3eR7Z3pQqyCS5mbMqJvpAegS8Bvj6s5BVkHYexzNAex6B6N-E0Zmg5tbBEVGb1dnu2udvPgPmVzhUkha_vnyCkEvDqISsiL9oHp3HmxD5fchSoDjk01xypU27pNx2g/s551/Byrd%20Sunday%20Worship.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="551" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOjRUHDUNnUvUWdAfHVD-GTJqe5cKV5e30woZle-0hskvs7TjLtUQqozO_x3nI3eR7Z3pQqyCS5mbMqJvpAegS8Bvj6s5BVkHYexzNAex6B6N-E0Zmg5tbBEVGb1dnu2udvPgPmVzhUkha_vnyCkEvDqISsiL9oHp3HmxD5fchSoDjk01xypU27pNx2g/s320/Byrd%20Sunday%20Worship.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #3a3c3e; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">William Byrd is regarded as one of England's greatest composers. He lived through turbulent times through the Sixteenth and early-Seventeenth Centuries, witnessing both significant religious and political change. Despite this, he composed some of the finest music of his time for both the Catholic and Anglican Church.</span></p><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #3a3c3e; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In the week of the 400th anniversary of his death, The Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold reflects on William Byrd's contribution to Christian music and worship. Jonathan visits the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey in rural Essex - where Byrd is thought to be buried - and also the nearby Ingatestone Hall, the home of the composer's patron, Lord Petre. Jonathan speaks to the current Lord Petre about the connection between Byrd and his patron through their Catholic faith.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harry Christophers, founder and director of The Sixteen, reflects on the sense of longing and faith in Byrd's music, expressed in the composer's particular attention to the texts he set from scripture, and there are contributions from Byrd scholar Professor Kerry McCarthy, music historian Dr Katie Bank, and singer and conductor Dr David Allinson.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Byrd remained a Catholic throughout his life, which for many at the time was a dangerous thing to do, but his contribution to music for the Anglican church remains central to music and worship in many churches today.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The readings are Isaiah 64 vv.9-10 - <b>read by our Vicar, Revd. Sam Brazier-Gibbs - </b>(the Latin text of which Byrd set in his motet Ne irascaris, Domine), and Colossians 3 vv.12-17, in which St Paul encourages his readers to 'sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Byrd's music featured includes Ne irascaris Domine, Tribue Domine, the Nunc dimittis from the Second Service, and movements from his three Masses.</span></div> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #3a3c3e; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #3a3c3e; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The programme was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Sunday 9 July 2023, 8.10-8.48am. Available on BBC Sounds for 30 days: </span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001np3l?fbclid=IwAR0q_YeEUU4mSQL6MN5jLysaXfDN-vrBkoH3I7OWtmUwp8-LqKV40yJrzXY" style="text-align: left;">BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #3a3c3e; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /></span></div>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-2285480394315678572023-07-09T07:22:00.001+01:002023-07-09T07:22:17.109+01:00Byrd Bike Ride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi758V7NjIOCY8qxiJFy5u7SklNY6ZV_7eTzkBISK3jubOyC63nlEu07DWTe45IR1YIjUJQgScR6tRViwemmQ0l3h_p_M3cAq92ga1bfVEpwU-l-9so0xDHJ5p3P3603nTEhEGvOD72R2Fp4DkzBGdnAuQ5z9nuuBVRR0_bu46FhGxgYVdXTkp9iL0e8UA/s5184/Byrd%20Ride%203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi758V7NjIOCY8qxiJFy5u7SklNY6ZV_7eTzkBISK3jubOyC63nlEu07DWTe45IR1YIjUJQgScR6tRViwemmQ0l3h_p_M3cAq92ga1bfVEpwU-l-9so0xDHJ5p3P3603nTEhEGvOD72R2Fp4DkzBGdnAuQ5z9nuuBVRR0_bu46FhGxgYVdXTkp9iL0e8UA/w400-h300/Byrd%20Ride%203.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zohLQGmUiukH5A1XUC3eXJ-FphCJgH5kwjeV9j-mL1Qkmngci53jfQewmQCLis8XHS09PHLLpKtW3iRE_s0F7UYDCfOEc5kVGsKV_YW56apdWUMJRNPhD6mEp0Oc3mga5v6ATvFADjLxbvwrrb9Td9cAbHQnhEZifjL_A6mZYopJkdVgtLnzE5IOeUI/s5184/Byrd%20Ride%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zohLQGmUiukH5A1XUC3eXJ-FphCJgH5kwjeV9j-mL1Qkmngci53jfQewmQCLis8XHS09PHLLpKtW3iRE_s0F7UYDCfOEc5kVGsKV_YW56apdWUMJRNPhD6mEp0Oc3mga5v6ATvFADjLxbvwrrb9Td9cAbHQnhEZifjL_A6mZYopJkdVgtLnzE5IOeUI/s320/Byrd%20Ride%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziFPQnDEZuLGC-AqcUbedP2yTpsWDo7tLFSNf2u6y6NoqEyHqk1Lz6hRaHglIyE_y8w9mLBnntbzRdIJlifWDeqMNII-o7sKoFeAderWoByWgWWZBulngGDu-WILFz0ke009zTLNQxqwmRFnrtTldWqDkFlljy4JxdYyN5tW_2oc0txJT17wSBSlxAlU/s5184/Byrd%20Ride%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziFPQnDEZuLGC-AqcUbedP2yTpsWDo7tLFSNf2u6y6NoqEyHqk1Lz6hRaHglIyE_y8w9mLBnntbzRdIJlifWDeqMNII-o7sKoFeAderWoByWgWWZBulngGDu-WILFz0ke009zTLNQxqwmRFnrtTldWqDkFlljy4JxdYyN5tW_2oc0txJT17wSBSlxAlU/w400-h300/Byrd%20Ride%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Members of Ingatestone Pedallers social cycling group called in at Stondon Massey Church last Sunday (2 July) in celebration of William Byrd. </p><p>The 'William Byrd Fantasia' cycle ride was created a few years ago by local historian Robert Fletcher visiting two places strongly associated with the great composer: Ingatestone Hall, the home of the Petre family, and the churchyard at Stondon Massey, where Byrd is believed to have been buried in 1623. </p><p>The 16-mile route passes Stondon Place, Byrd's home, and calls in at Byrd Mead near the Bricklayers Arms which are council homes for elderly residents built in 1985.</p><p>The group was shown around the church and viewed Byrd's Will and engraving which hang in the Vestry.</p><p><br /></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-6736969354631176422023-07-08T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-08T18:00:00.146+01:00Somewhere in Stondon Massey Churchyard<p> Find the grave of William Byrd. Alas not located. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9927927/william-byrd">William Byrd
(1540-1623) - Find a Grave Memorial</a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-27962799363117655292023-07-07T18:00:00.004+01:002023-07-07T18:00:00.154+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5KaqoQp0oG9e4RJZgadcj4R37BIWO-4cUvgZ9eOoNoxFDlRgsnw8ixuiAnz382sQ9FPbMIv8XGNySRCCmrUM7b5f_xJ9SUnW1EL60hrkDYZOopT-C0EZZ19uh8V8tbdwG4yDe3_C6wMoOdYMwcmarJo8WWW0KlJXLc4qH0WxJhPC4Zynd18MA540Odw/s650/Byrd%20CotW%20Stondon%20Massey.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="650" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5KaqoQp0oG9e4RJZgadcj4R37BIWO-4cUvgZ9eOoNoxFDlRgsnw8ixuiAnz382sQ9FPbMIv8XGNySRCCmrUM7b5f_xJ9SUnW1EL60hrkDYZOopT-C0EZZ19uh8V8tbdwG4yDe3_C6wMoOdYMwcmarJo8WWW0KlJXLc4qH0WxJhPC4Zynd18MA540Odw/w400-h368/Byrd%20CotW%20Stondon%20Massey.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Composer of the Week<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>BBC Radio 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Friday 7 July. 12.00-1.00pm. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n856"><b>BBC
Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, William Byrd (1543-1623), Stondon Massey</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, regards this programme as
‘Choice’ listening. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Unclassified<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thursday 6 July. 11.30pm-12.30am<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n92l">BBC
Radio 3 - Unclassified, Byrd Reworked</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Elizabeth Alker shares original unclassifiable sonic
creations made especially for the programme, as three contemporary composers
offer new takes on the music of William Byrd to mark four hundred years since
the Renaissance man’s death.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>The Listening Service<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sunday 2 July. 5.00-5.30pm (repeated Friday 7 July
4.30-5.00pm) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lnx3">BBC
Radio 3 - The Listening Service, Secret Music: Byrd's Masses</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Tom Service explores the three mass settings of William
Byrd during dangerous times for Catholics.<o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-29650250630196712022023-07-06T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-06T18:00:00.141+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p> <b><u>Composer of the Week</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>BBC Radio 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thursday 6 July. 12.00-1.00pm. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n922">BBC
Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, William Byrd (1543-1623), Recusant</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, regards this programme as
‘Choice’ listening. <o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-90492222692237989092023-07-05T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-05T18:00:00.156+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p> <b><u>Composer of the Week</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>BBC Radio 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Wednesday 5 July. 11.40-12.40pm. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n830">BBC
Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, William Byrd (1543-1623), The Chapel Royal</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, regards this programme as
‘Choice’ listening. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Choral Evensong<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Wednesday 5 July. 4.00-5.00pm (repeated Sunday 9 July.
3.00-4.00pm)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n83d">BBC
Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Lincoln Cathedral</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Live from Lincoln Cathedral to mark the 400<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the death of William Byrd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-54625308006512879042023-07-05T12:00:00.002+01:002023-07-05T12:00:00.149+01:00Crowds Flock to William Byrd 400th Anniversary Concert<p style="text-align: justify;"> The Stondon Singers held a special concert at St Peter and St Paul Church, Stondon Massey last night (Tuesday 4 July) to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd (c1540-1623) in the parish where he lived. The calendar seemed coincidentally arranged because the singers, formed in 1968 to sing the great composer's work, always have the first Tuesday in July for the Anniversary Concert.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hilary Punnett is now their conductor having now led for a season, and this was her first at Stondon Massey.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The programme, entitled 'Patronage and Persecution' considered the theme of royal patronage throughout the ages as well as pieces which reflected the persecution Byrd faced as a recusant Catholic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The pieces performed were:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: Vigilate</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): Miserere nostri</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Judith Weir (b. 1954): Love bade me welcome</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Andrew Balfour (b. 1967): Ambe</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: In winter cold (prima pars), and Whereat an ant (secunda pars)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: Tristitia et anxietas</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): O clap your hands together</p><p style="text-align: justify;">interval</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: Sing Joyfully</p><p style="text-align: justify;">J.F. Woolley: Rest</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: Miserere mei</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Andrew Balfour: Vision Chant</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Robert Carver (1485-1570): Missa dum sacrum mysterium - Sanctus</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Robert Parsons (1535-1572): Ave Maria</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Byrd: Haec dies</p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-29878163380751178222023-07-05T06:00:00.001+01:002023-07-05T06:00:00.144+01:00Sunday Worship on BBC Radio 4 comes to Stondon Massey<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjeVe6PK6YbbrYgI7al2mH9G9FlD12PqtJATTu3IvrJayZUSY-c71_QGfoZsk3iy7UYG1d2PXItRmz6B8EKW_gjOh-2I9EKvXSFMbwXrX5Ks3b_ZPmM7USrMqWybVrW9koCdi55IrkDsTFguwiaZrSD1z4tdGibjRnrkdqLSMplq2dOPlNO0Q3VCT0Tc/s650/Byrd%20Sunday%20W.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjeVe6PK6YbbrYgI7al2mH9G9FlD12PqtJATTu3IvrJayZUSY-c71_QGfoZsk3iy7UYG1d2PXItRmz6B8EKW_gjOh-2I9EKvXSFMbwXrX5Ks3b_ZPmM7USrMqWybVrW9koCdi55IrkDsTFguwiaZrSD1z4tdGibjRnrkdqLSMplq2dOPlNO0Q3VCT0Tc/w400-h358/Byrd%20Sunday%20W.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sunday Worship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">BBC Radio 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sunday 9 July
2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Psalmes, Songs
and Sonnets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001np3l">BBC
Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets</a></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">William Byrd is regarded as one of England's greatest composers. He
lived through turbulent times through the Sixteenth and early-Seventeenth
Centuries, witnessing both significant religious and political change. Despite
this, he composed some of the finest music of his time for both the Catholic
and Anglican Church.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In the week of the 400th anniversary of his death, The Revd Dr Jonathan
Arnold reflects on William Byrd's contribution to Christian music and worship.
Jonathan visits the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey in rural
Essex - where Byrd is thought to be buried - and also the nearby Ingatestone
Hall, the home of the composer's patron, Lord Petre. Jonathan speaks to the
current Lord Petre about the connection between Byrd and his patron through
their Catholic faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Harry Christophers, founder and director of The Sixteen, reflects on the
sense of longing and faith in Byrd's music, expressed in the composer's
particular attention to the texts he set from scripture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Byrd remained a Catholic throughout his life, which for many at the time
was a dangerous thing to do, but his contribution to music for the Anglican
church remains central to music and worship in many churches today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Byrd's music featured includes Ne irascaris Domine, Tribue Domine, the
Nunc dimittis from the Second Service, and movements from his three Masses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-76410242297282027462023-07-04T20:00:00.004+01:002023-07-04T20:00:00.148+01:00Stondon Singers: William Byrd 400th Anniversary Concert<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTUyteZVselkHEK0_0iqDPBG5mGaSHLl60w_H3mrVdtani6Re6fg1cKLRWAzxwKSbkUrK57pK2ZUC7hURMZ4w0VNcpJSNkUBthNyKsUoMLhgu_TgnV0tLXIZAKIFdeKuxRtKVujiimkGo9u6Ln1oWAxJ3ZAlBzK-EkFkbHltiMDgayymRVVA_AKdI7AI/s1645/ByrdPic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTUyteZVselkHEK0_0iqDPBG5mGaSHLl60w_H3mrVdtani6Re6fg1cKLRWAzxwKSbkUrK57pK2ZUC7hURMZ4w0VNcpJSNkUBthNyKsUoMLhgu_TgnV0tLXIZAKIFdeKuxRtKVujiimkGo9u6Ln1oWAxJ3ZAlBzK-EkFkbHltiMDgayymRVVA_AKdI7AI/s320/ByrdPic.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Happy Byrd Day to you!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We welcome the Stondon Singers for their annual Concert remembering William Byrd who died this day in 1623.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The sell out Concert is about to begin!</p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-72922996345733207682023-07-04T18:00:00.003+01:002023-07-04T18:00:00.138+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p> <b><u>Composer of the Week</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>BBC Radio 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Tuesday 4 July. 12.00-1.00pm.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n81j">Composer of the Week - William Byrd (1543-1623) - Lincoln - BBC Sounds</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, regards this programme as
‘Choice’ listening. <o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-44962428157218931602023-07-04T12:00:00.004+01:002023-07-04T12:00:00.147+01:00Byrd Masses for Three, Four and Five Voices<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncW6kcSDsh5Qi8dSqW7Dg63eRxtEpJ7gV-ukrFP9CVnFOc-3gk7Z27CdM4f414OdVfgirYWfjuTatIvv-_dU5BiZm4wTeVuyeCCPArTf4-ya9YYBONrzDWjgjUj81QyaHBSQvk0bujLtrbiC_OlHH6fVXkNzTc-ebfxNbPn5qw9ni3dcOr9px3eXEMPs/s5184/Byrd%20CD2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncW6kcSDsh5Qi8dSqW7Dg63eRxtEpJ7gV-ukrFP9CVnFOc-3gk7Z27CdM4f414OdVfgirYWfjuTatIvv-_dU5BiZm4wTeVuyeCCPArTf4-ya9YYBONrzDWjgjUj81QyaHBSQvk0bujLtrbiC_OlHH6fVXkNzTc-ebfxNbPn5qw9ni3dcOr9px3eXEMPs/w400-h300/Byrd%20CD2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">The Cardinal’s Musick under their director Andrew Carwood
celebrated Byrd’s 400</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="text-align: justify;"> anniversary on 4 July 2023 with three
one-hour concerts at The Wigmore Hall, London, performing the Three, Four and,
Five Part Masses.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">The choir completed recordings of all Byrd’s Latin music
in 2010 across 13 discs, and came to Stondon Massey as part of their ‘Byrd
Tour’ concerts in September 2012.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">The Mass for Four Voices was composed in 1592, with the
others completed in 1595 probably in Stondon Massey where Byrd was living.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">The big question I ask is how speedily should they be
performed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Taking the <b>Agnus Dei from the Mass for Voices </b>and
probably best loved of Byrd’s pieces by way of example, there seem wide
variations in performance.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">The Cardinall’s Musick recording of 2000 stands as the
benchmark, beautifully sung and coming in at 3’19.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i>‘Singing in Secret’ </i>(2020) is The Marian Consort’s
album recorded under director Rory McCleery. Seeing the choir live at the Roman
River Festival last autumn was wonderful and McCleery engages with the audience
between pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disc explores the
clandestine Catholic music of William Byrd which includes <b>Justorium animae</b>,
<b>Infelix ego, Miserere mei </b>and a complete performance of the Mass spread
through the programme. The Agnus dei is a speedy 2’51 which I find a little
disappointing in an otherwise lovely disc.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Also interspersed across the programme is The King’s
Singers and Concordia’s offering <i>‘1605. Treason and Dischord. William Byrd
and the Gunpowder Plot’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Byrd knew
the plotters but was not involved in the treasonable activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always good, the choir bring home the Agnus
dei in 3’30.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Finally, <i>‘Naked Byrd Two’ </i>is the sequel to a first
disc performed by the Armonico Consort, which I heard at Great Tey as part of
the Roman River Festival a few years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a mixed programme of spell binding singing the only Byrd track
being the Agnus dei.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 3’56 it is by
far the most expansive reading with every note and every part being so clearly
heard. The final line ‘dona nobis pacem’ almost aches in the need to be granted
peace. It is a stunning recording.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, the choir have not recorded the entire Mass but if I was
attending Church I would happily let dinner wait and the roasties get overdone
to hear it. This is the favourite recording of my favourite Byrd piece.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSncwse5p0Ews_mctjSXJnkLXDpe9iOd6tgWALBlf_bxgBCVTVXpwnI1hnAozTd-aaHTn1gyen9bDx3QAgyyKribWpck4Pg5LQeNtFzA4Ak3WUDK07OfF1Uu0NG9p59LKs3_egl1Qd21X7CeeaNRVxa54PYcdT-hzvTbc1YcVqebcMGnU73d5XbQzU_cc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="505" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSncwse5p0Ews_mctjSXJnkLXDpe9iOd6tgWALBlf_bxgBCVTVXpwnI1hnAozTd-aaHTn1gyen9bDx3QAgyyKribWpck4Pg5LQeNtFzA4Ak3WUDK07OfF1Uu0NG9p59LKs3_egl1Qd21X7CeeaNRVxa54PYcdT-hzvTbc1YcVqebcMGnU73d5XbQzU_cc=w400-h243" width="400" /></a></u></div><u><br /><br /></u><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><u>The Listening Service<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Sunday 2 July. 5.00-5.30pm (repeated Friday 7 July
4.30-5.00pm) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lnx3">BBC
Radio 3 - The Listening Service, Secret Music: Byrd's Masses</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Tom Service explores the three mass settings of William
Byrd during dangerous times for Catholics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Available for over a year.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><u>The Essay</u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">First broadcast Tuesday 1 March 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071k652">BBC
Radio 3 - The Essay, Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Byrd: Mass for Four
Voices</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-40350475176712984232023-07-04T06:00:00.001+01:002023-07-04T06:00:00.147+01:00BCP Evensong - "A Vote of Thanks"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNFX06OpDhd44yqdlokWePn4HEgHlU0xzq0Vd0zX0rb2Ts1h8g1-UUqu3PYOaxrQz-THhk0Sypy4ih5Oj0XnKELvFrOxMrbqJrdjHhhgty_FMUMGoh_elKCT2oHFibWtS6L1fKhQLnOWwbSwUBzN8wYYc08of6jfNtRUIleGvAY8MJBidJcZEMXLctzA/s1900/Byrd%20Nerds%20Service.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNFX06OpDhd44yqdlokWePn4HEgHlU0xzq0Vd0zX0rb2Ts1h8g1-UUqu3PYOaxrQz-THhk0Sypy4ih5Oj0XnKELvFrOxMrbqJrdjHhhgty_FMUMGoh_elKCT2oHFibWtS6L1fKhQLnOWwbSwUBzN8wYYc08of6jfNtRUIleGvAY8MJBidJcZEMXLctzA/w400-h400/Byrd%20Nerds%20Service.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Centre: Lord Petre, Martin Stuchfield Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Essex, and Revd. Sam Brazier Gibbs Vicar of Stondon Massey following the special service to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Vote of Thanks (concluding the Service).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for coming today - and thank you to the Stondon Singers for performing some of William Byrd's greatest hits.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"As a Byrd nerd if I was exiled to a desert island with eight Byrd records and could save only one it would be the 'Agnus Dei' from the Four Part Mass. The final words "Dona nobis pacem" - "grant us peace" invoke the pain of persecution which rescusants faced and a plea for peace in an uncertain time. The music is timeless.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Byrd composed the Four Part Mass in 1592, and two other settings in 1595 - and they were sung illegally in Catholic households such as the Petre family of Ingatestone Hall where they may have been used for the first time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"After three centuries of Catholic suppression following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Byrd's work is better known now than it was a hundred years ago when the memorial which you see to the Tercentenary was erected.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Byrd was a keen musician, tutor and composer. These were his gifts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"He was also a man of great faith at a time when his beliefs and traditions were suppressed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Byrd though composed not only religious music but for a variety of settings: songs, sonnets, and keyboard work. In the preface of his 1588 'Psalmes and Songs of sadnes and piety' he wrote, "Since singing is so good a thing I wish all men [and women] would learn to sing".</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"I hope that you will wish to learn more about this great composer. Please buy a book to support the church's project. I this way you will be killing to Byrds with one stone."</p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-10787153553441710702023-07-04T00:00:00.012+01:002023-07-04T11:20:56.510+01:00A New Memorial to Byrd at Stondon Massey? Celebrating his 400th anniversary<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IOxDLvwhme0oW4-mL_BEORac-FMrmeXsVhYltUEAYHAQZd0kRmpP5yhb5ZCOuCM2LNqwei9sSm3r3a2Po6Tvct3nS9MZNlTVbysoihsyi5zUBCm6QM-8zlW4vxCUzLobv6hyHEoLdvsTsTr_QmbdHjdb--wL8Vxc7kpRvVMsAvxwRxdO7RjrVjhilrM/s1509/Stondon%208254-6%20St%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1509" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IOxDLvwhme0oW4-mL_BEORac-FMrmeXsVhYltUEAYHAQZd0kRmpP5yhb5ZCOuCM2LNqwei9sSm3r3a2Po6Tvct3nS9MZNlTVbysoihsyi5zUBCm6QM-8zlW4vxCUzLobv6hyHEoLdvsTsTr_QmbdHjdb--wL8Vxc7kpRvVMsAvxwRxdO7RjrVjhilrM/w400-h294/Stondon%208254-6%20St%20b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">William Byrd Memorial 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We have experienced such delight
in celebrating the life and music of William Byrd in this 400<sup>th</sup> year
since his death.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The long connection between
William Byrd and St. Peter and St. Paul Church Stondon Massey is one we hope to
continue to celebrate in the years to come. In light of this, we have plans to erect
a memorial to William Byrd on the outside of the church. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The proposed plan is for a slate
memorial with free-flowing script to be situated on the wall to the left (west)
of the porch. We hope that this will become a draw and delight for those
interested in William Byrd, in history, in church music and in the local area. We
hope to have this memorial in place during this anniversary year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We would very much appreciate
your support in fundraising for this work of art. You can contribute with a
gift at one of our William Byrd events during July 2023 or you can give online
by bank transfer using the details below. Thank you for your support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Reverend Sam Brazier-Gibbs, and
Jan Mackintosh churchwarden.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6UjOvjra_OBv2ejQjozaC0qQvjBS1eXt04tO2x_CUEJOAJWf2VYRb3RHpaZ7T7WgmgQz29gt656zGlMV_UD4EuOBOIT559SP88K8YNnafszMa1hRVYWY4oOBKQwcXFD4If_3V0BRtWOkdIZilPtl8oE9qDL8X2tKRl2R1RIY0UTIbVZQjckhLYy0g4Pk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="655" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6UjOvjra_OBv2ejQjozaC0qQvjBS1eXt04tO2x_CUEJOAJWf2VYRb3RHpaZ7T7WgmgQz29gt656zGlMV_UD4EuOBOIT559SP88K8YNnafszMa1hRVYWY4oOBKQwcXFD4If_3V0BRtWOkdIZilPtl8oE9qDL8X2tKRl2R1RIY0UTIbVZQjckhLYy0g4Pk=w400-h217" width="400" /></a></u></div><u><br />Bank Transfer<o:p></o:p></u><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Go to our benefice website: <a href="http://www.blackmorechurch.org.uk/welcome/events/william-byrd-400-year-anniversary/" style="text-align: left;">Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore | William Byrd 400 Year Anniversary (blackmorechurch.org.uk)</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Please use BYRDMEM in the reference
field.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Stondon Massey Church<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sort Code: 40-35-22<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Account: 91097415<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680423604909668020.post-89931655794676095442023-07-03T18:00:00.001+01:002023-07-03T18:00:00.151+01:00Byrd at the BBC Today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_SiOPertw_H0mzybWQKtumP4KSEjJIFYMgeRJgz66-J_gQHId-LCZrEUfAVyfIQC6YHFUGf5RDpC4c3YxMOsh7xMVveDw9i00SdP7DlJlckMQC2hRcPEjpI40YDhOgRe0NVuxEv7mKMBh8anByxO3JXXiYVppCY7QFPd6lKeioaTCY6-9OBnD6I6Rt4/s646/Byrd%20CotW%20Man%20of%20Many%20Parts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="646" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_SiOPertw_H0mzybWQKtumP4KSEjJIFYMgeRJgz66-J_gQHId-LCZrEUfAVyfIQC6YHFUGf5RDpC4c3YxMOsh7xMVveDw9i00SdP7DlJlckMQC2hRcPEjpI40YDhOgRe0NVuxEv7mKMBh8anByxO3JXXiYVppCY7QFPd6lKeioaTCY6-9OBnD6I6Rt4/w400-h311/Byrd%20CotW%20Man%20of%20Many%20Parts.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u>Composer of the Week</u></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b>BBC Radio 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Monday 3 July. 12.00-1.00pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n815"><b>BBC
Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, William Byrd (1543-1623), A Man of Many Parts</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, regards this programme as
‘Choice’ listening. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><u>Music Matters<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Saturday 1 July. 11.45am-12.30pm (repeated Monday 3 July.
10.00-10.45pm)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n82k">BBC
Radio 3 - Music Matters, Four hundred years of William Byrd</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">Tom Service visits Lincoln Cathedral on the 400<sup>th</sup>
anniversary.<o:p></o:p></p>Andrew Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575233143253116499noreply@blogger.com0