{"product_id":"various-artists-an-elizabethan-christmas-byrd-holborne-gibbons-peerson-weelkes-cd","title":"Various Artists - An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eViol consort Fretwork and mezzo soprano Helen Charlston explore the more reflective and sombre Christmas celebrations of Elizabethan England, in a collection of works by William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons and Martin Peerson. With celebrations confined strictly to the 12 days from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, the preceding Advent was regarded as a time of religious introspection, with music composed to mark both fasting and feasting. Byrd's consort songs for voice and 5 viols encompass this range, from the joyous Out of the Orient Crystal Skies - ending with an exuberant 'Falantidingdido', a word whose meaning is lost to history - to his Lullaby, a 'song of sadnes and pietie' that became one of Byrd's most enduringly famous songs. In 2021, Fretwork celebrates it's 35th anniversary. In the past three and a half decades they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. In addition to this, Fretwork have become known as pioneers of contemporary music for viols, having commissioned over 40 new works. Acclaimed for her musical interpretation, presence and \"warmly distinctive tone\" (The Telegraph), Helen Charlston is quickly cementing herself as a key performer in the next generation of British singers. Helen won first prize in the 2018 Handel Singing Competition and was a finalist in the Hurn Court Opera Competition, and the Grange Festival International Singing Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOut of the Orient Crystal Skies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pavan \"Paradizo\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e As It Fell on a Holy Eve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e From Virgin's Womb: Rejoice Rejoice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Cradle (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lullaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lullaby My Sweet Little Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fantasia No. 1 a 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An Earthly Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Attendite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Upon My Lap My Soveraigne Sits (From Private Musicke)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e To Shorten Winter's Sadnesse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fantasia No. 2 a 4 \"Great Dooble Basse\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Queenes New Year's Gift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Heigh Ho Holiday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e O God That Guides the Cheerful Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521895207186,"sku":"635212068021","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/various-artists-an-elizabethan-christmas-byrd-holborne-gibbons-peerson-weelkes-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}