Sacred Music from Medieval England

[doversoul1]

Time to calm down and contemplate. There should be some interesting historical aspect as well.

Catherine Bott presents the first of four concerts recorded at this year's York Early Music Festival in St George's Church. Today's programme features a concert given by the Orlando Consort, who performed a programme of medieval sacred music, including works by Dunstable. The theme of this year's York Early Music Festival marks the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, and the Orlando Consort included repertoire by Dunstable and Bedyngham that was performed during the 1951 Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0132lnw

[Roehre]

Very nice series it promises to be.
The four programmes however are not solely concentrated on England, but put the performed music in a wider perspective(geographically as well as in time).
And with Catherine Bott as presenter: an early music lover should'n miss this.

[doversoul1]

As Roehre mentions, there are four programmes of the York Early Music Festival:

Sunday 7th
Brabant Ensemble in music exploring the splendour of Henry VIII and his rivals' courts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0132n1q

Saturday 13th
The City Musick and tenor Jason Darnell perform Morley, Dowland and Guillaume Tessier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0137yz1

Sunday 14th
Catherine Bott talks to Florilegium members Neal Peres da Costa and Daniel Yeadon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0138220