In a Strange Land Stile Antico

• John Dowland (1563 - 1626):
• 1 Flow, my tears 05:10
• William Byrd (1543 - 1623):
• 2 Tristitia et anxietas 10:34
• Richard Dering (1580 - 1630):
• 3 Factum est silentium 02:25
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626):
• 4 In this trembling shadow 03:46
• Peter Philips (1560 - 1628):
• 5 Gaude Maria virgo 05:22
• Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603):
• 6 Super flumina Babylonis 05:28
• William Byrd (1543 - 1623):
• 7 Quomodo cantabimus 07:41
• Peter Philips (1560 - 1628):
• 8 Regina cæli lætare 02:34
• Huw Watkins (1976 - ):
• 9 The Pheonix and the Turtle 05:46
• Robert White (1926 - 2010):
• 10 Lamentations 22:41
• Total Runtime 01:11:27

Info for In a Strange Land

The regime of Queen Elizabeth I dealt harshly with supporters of the old Catholic religion. Torn between obedience and conscience, some of England’s most talented musicians - Philips, Dering and Dowland - chose a life of exile abroad. Others chose to remain in spiritual isolation in England, comparing themselves to the exiled Israelites in Babylon.

Amongst them were Robert White, whose five-part Lamentations are one of the glories of English music of any age, and William Byrd, whose anguished Catholic music is referenced in Shakespeare’s enigmatic poem The Phoenix and the Turtle, vividly set by Huw Watkins especially for Stile Antico.

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