The Cardinall's Musick - Byrd at Christmas

The final concert in The Cardinall’s Musick’s 2012 Byrd Tour features a performance of the magnificent Mass for Five Voices together with the Propers for Christmas Day and all of the motets that he wrote for the festive season. The final piece, Ad Dominum cum tribularer, is one of his most heartfelt and powerful Catholic statements. A Christmas celebration of one of England’s greatest composers from Andrew Carwood’s Gramophone award-winning ensemble.

Since its foundation in 1989, The Cardinall's Musick has been a highly successful and innovative ensemble. Taking its name from the sixteenth-century English cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the group’s reputation grew through its extensive study of music from the English Renaissance. The Cardinall’s Musick has produced a number of CDs to great critical acclaim, and has garnered a number of awards, among them five Gramophone Awards including the prestigious Recording of the Year in 2010.

“This performance of the sacred music of William Byrd was clear, bright and forthright.” Financial Times

Part of the 27th Annual Christmas Festival at St John's Smith Square