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ARTEK: BYRD 1589: Songs of Sundrie Natures II

  • St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church 552 West End Avenue New York, NY, 10024 United States (map)

As its name suggests, Byrd’s 1589 volume of songs varies widely in scoring, style, and mood. Byrd’s preface says that he is “desirous to delight thee with varietie, whereof (in my opinion) no Science is more plentifully adorned then Musicke,” and he offers the book as a musical compilation “to serve for all companies and voyces,” signing himself “The most affectionate freend to all that love or learne Musick.” ARTEK singers Sarah Chalfy, soprano; Kim Leeds, mezzo-soprano; Richard Pittsinger, tenor; Andrew Fuchs, tenor; Elijah Blaisdell, baritone; and Peter Becker, bass perform a selection of both sacred and secular masterpieces for 3, 4, 5 and 6 voices with keyboard and lute accompaniment including the partsong I thought that Love had been a boy and the anthem Unto the Hills Mine Eyes I Lift, a setting of Psalm 121.

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