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3-4 July, time TBCLincoln CathedralLincoln Cathedral is hosting a festival of events on the weekend of 30 June-4 July 2023 and invites the academic community (in its broadest sense) to a symposium that will take place on 3-4 July, in conjunction with Byrd-themed choral services and the dedication of a new memorial to Byrd.
Wed 08 NovBirminghamPrepare for a 40-minute musical adventure to the Tudor period, as acclaimed early music ensemble Stile Antico take centre stage, captivating audiences of all ages at a special free choral music event designed for young people and their families.
Tue 07 NovOxfordTo mark the 400th anniversary, Christ Church will host a one-day event on Tuesday, 7 November 2023, comprising a symposium, exhibition in the glorious Upper Library, and evensong, ending with a small drinks reception in the cathedral Chapter House to launch the a new DIAMM facsimile.
Fri 03 NovHigh St, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HH, UKA Lecture Recital featuring the music of William Byrd, performed by The Davey Consort. In addition to the beautifully moving music we are honoured to have the company of Richard Rex, Professor of Reformation History at the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge.
Sat 21 OctIngatestone Halla new play by Brean Hammond with live choral interpolations Saturday 21 October 2023 performances at 4pm and 7pm Ingatestone Hall Hall Lane, Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NR Director: David Allinson
Multiple DatesSat 14 OctEdinburghOur 2023 Choral Pilgrimage celebrates the legacy of one of choral music's most treasured composers, William Byrd.
Mon 09 OctOxfordThis exciting exhibition grants a look into some of the treasures of the library's world-renowned music collections, with a focus on those materials which pertain to Byrd.
Sun 01 OctLondonJoin us at Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians’ Church, for a day workshop led by members of the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and Peter Asprey, Director of Music at Holy Sepulchre. A day to workshop the music of some of England’s finest high Renaissance composers.
Sat 23 SeptTugfordWe return to Corvedale Festival with a programme of works by Byrd (and one by Tallis) arranged for voice and lute (some contemporaneously, others more recently). Also included are arrangements for solo lute by Francis Cutting and others of some of his keyboard works.- Fri 08 SeptWells CathedralOur 2023 Choral Pilgrimage celebrates the legacy of one of choral music's most treasured composers, William Byrd.
- Thu 07 SeptExeter CathedralOur 2023 Choral Pilgrimage celebrates the legacy of one of choral music's most treasured composers, William Byrd.
Sun 20 AugIfordWorks by Byrd (and one by Tallis) arranged for voice and lute (some contemporaneously, others more recently). Also included are arrangements for solo lute by Francis Cutting and others of some of his keyboard works.
Sat 05 AugBolton AbbeyJoin the Tallis Consort for an evening of the finest works of William Byrd - arguably England's most eminent composer. You will hear the aching recusancy of his earlier-composed Masses and Lamentations of Jeremiah to the renewed hope heard in later motets such as Laudibus in Sanctis.
Sat 05 AugTewkesburyHarpsichordist Nathaniel Mander brings a programme to include music from the Elizabethan masters, Byrd (whose 400th anniversary is celebrated this year) and Gibbons, right up to the elegant brilliance of the baroque virtuosi, Bach and Handel.
Fri 04 AugPortland, OregonThree concerts, an organ recital, a choral workshop, five liturgical services, and three public lectures in celebration of Renaissance England’s greatest composer, William Byrd.
Thu 03 AugTewkesbury AbbeyThis special Choral Evensong features music by William Byrd and by his illustrious contemporary Thomas Weelkes, who died in the same year. Byrd's Great Service and Responses are framed by Weelkes' Alleluia! I heard a voice and When David heard.
Tue 01 AugTewkesbury AbbeyMusica Deo Sacra is Tewkesbury Abbey's festival of music in the liturgy, and this year many of the services include music by William Byrd. For this morning's Sung Eucharist the Mass will be Byrd's five part setting, with other music including his Venite comedite.- Sat 29 JulBeverleyJoin the Tallis Consort for an evening of the finest works of William Byrd - arguably England's most eminent composer. You will hear the aching recusancy of his earlier-composed Masses and Lamentations of Jeremiah to the renewed hope heard in later motets such as Laudibus in Sanctis.
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