Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & songs of sadnes & and pietie RES10121 Jakob Fichert

Jakob Fichert

Resonus is proud to welcome internationally celebrated artists Nicky Spence (tenor) and Malcolm Martineau (piano) with a recital album consisting of a musical journey of Shakespeare Songs set by a diverse and eclectic range of composers from Purcell and Haydn

returns with an album of early-seventeenth century choral works by Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)

Scarlatti’s Bella dama di nome Santa and Infirmata vulnerata

Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & songs of sadnes & and pietie RES10121 Jakob FichertAlamire Grace Davidson (soprano) Martha McLorinan (mezzo soprano) Nicholas Todd (tenor) Fretwork David Skinner (director) Following Tallis and Byrds first publishing venture of Cantiones Sacrae of 1575, Byrd waited some 13 years to again wake the presses with his compositions. His 1588 Psalmes, Sonets, & songs of sadnes and pietie was his first solo publication, for which Elizabeths Lord Chancellor (and notable favourite), Sir Christopher Hatton,