The Early Music Show - Art and Early Music Month - King's College, Cambridge Stained Glass

As part of "Art and Early Music" month, Lucie Skeaping visits the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge and talks to the writer and art historian Carola Hicks about the magnificent stained glass. They explore some of the background to stained glass, how it came to England from Flanders, why the Chapel and the glass took so long to complete, and how the glass symbolises the power of the Tudors and their era of great change and turbulence; ideas that are reflected in the music in the programme, including recordings of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in repertoire by Tallis, and also sacred and secular music from the 15th and early 16th centuries. Dr. Carola Hicks is the author of the book The King's Glass. PLAYLIST: LEONIN Benedicamus Domino Red Byrd Yorvox Hyperion CDA 67289 track 9 ALAMIRE T’Andernacken His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts Hyperion CDA 66894 track 5 WILLIAM CORNYSH Hoyda, jolly Rutterkin Pro Cantione Antiqua & Early Music Consort of London Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD 77178 CD 1 track 6 PHILIPPE VAN WILDER Fantasia à 4 (viols) Musica Antiqua of London Amon Ra CDSAR 51 track 13 ANONYMOUS This day daws (from Fayrfax MS) The Hilliard Ensemble Saga Classics EC 3357-2 track 2 ANONYMOUS Gloria: ‘Spiritus et alme’ (from Mass for the Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Men of King’s College Choir, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) EMI 5 57983 2 Track 3 TALLIS Salvator Mundi I The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Sir Philip Ledger EMI CDM 5 65103-2 Track 9 WILLIAM CORNYSH Blow thy horn hunter Pro Cantione Antiqua & Early Music Consort of London Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD 77178 CD 1 track 8 ANONYMOUS The hunt is up (from CD entitled ‘The Flower of all Ships’ – Tudor Court Music from the Time of the Mary Rose) Emily Van Evera (soprano), Nancy Hadden (flute, recorder, pipe & tabor), Erin Headley (viola da gamba, ‘Mary Rose’ fiddle), Andrew Lawrence-King (Gothic harp, double harp, psaltery), Christopher Wilson (lute, guitar), Robert Meunier (lute) CRD CRD 3448 track 23 TALLIS Dum transisset sabbatum The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury ARGO 425 199-2 Track 5