Program: #22-27 Air Date: Jul 04, 2022
For the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee in June, Suzi Digby of the Ora Singers presented a concert of music from the time of the Two Elizabeths: we are honored to share this once-in-a-lifetime event with everyone.
This program is Free for all, thanks to this generous Preservation Grant:
On the occasion of the Queen's passing, this show is now free to all.
Note: For the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee in June, Suzi Digby of the Ora Singers presented a concert of music from the time of the Two Elizabeths: we are honored to share this once-in-a-lifetime event with everyone.
Update: See A Statement from Suzi Digby on the Queen's passing.
1. William Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby):
2. Thomas Tallis: Tunes from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, Part 1 (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby). From Many Are the Wonders (Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 905284).
3. Byrd: Mass For Five Voices - Kyrie (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby). From Upheld by Stillness (Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 906102).
4. Roxanna Panufnik: Kyrie after Byrd. (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby). From Upheld by Stillness (Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 906102).
5. Byrd: Sing Joyfully (Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O’Donnell). Hyperion CD CDA67533.
6. Thomas Tallis: Tunes from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, Part 2 (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby). From Many Are the Wonders (Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 905284).
7. Kerry Andrew: Archbishop Parker’s Psalme 150 (ORA Singers/Suzi Digby). From Many Are the Wonders (Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 905284).
8. Ellis Gibbons: Long Live fair Oriana (The King’s Singers). Signum CD SIGCD307.
9. Byrd: Praise Our Lord, All Ye Gentiles (The Cardinall’s Musick/Andrew Carwood). Hyperion CD CDA67937.
10. John Hilton: Fair Oriana, Beauty’s Queen (The King’s Singers). Signum CD SIGCD307.
11. Benjamin Britten: Choral Dances from “Gloriana” (The King’s Singers). Signum CD SIGCD307.
12. Gerald Finzi: White-Flowering Days, Op. 37 (The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton). Hyperion CD CDA68222.
13. Edward Johnson: Eliza is the Fairest Queen ( Sirinu). Griffin CD GCCD4013
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