Byrd Songs

Interestingly,  nearly all of William Byrd’s most dramatic and virtuosic choral pieces are  settings of Latin texts, which nowadays can create a barrier between the  audience and their direct involvement in the vivid, pictorial imagery  that Byrd’s choral masterpieces try to portray.

Cambridge Voices’ Founder & Director, Ian de Massini,  has written new, English texts to these brilliant, Latin choral works,  always ensuring that the precise linguistic rhythms of the original Latin are mirrored exactly by his new vernacular lyrics. Cambridge Voices will perform many of these ‘Englished’ works as part of their concert in St Clement's Church, Cambridge, on March 9th, 2024.

In between the works of William Byrd, the choir hope to present a menagerie of songs to do with birds.

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