William Byrd - Magnificat

Описание: The Magnificat is from Byrd’s setting of the Great Service, which is one of the most elaborate pieces of English service music ever composed. It’s the only piece Byrd wrote for ten voices - his largest scale work. It’s from late in his career and was intended for the Chapel Royal, not a provincial cathedral like Lincoln. It would have been performed on major feast days or state occasions at court.

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Magnificat (Great Service)
Words: Luke 1:46-55
Music: William Byrd (1540-1623)

My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit rejoiceth in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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BYRD ENSEMBLE, directed by Markdavin Obenza

SOPRANO
Ruth Schauble
Margaret Obenza

ALTO
Joshua Haberman
Sarra Sharif Doyle

TENOR
Orrin Doyle
Carson Lott

BASS
Kevin Wyatt-Stone
Clayton Moser

Recorded October 2021 at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.