Archived Event

Mary, Queen of Heaven
The Cardinall's Musick; Andrew Carwood director
Date
Mon 08 Dec 2014, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Sub-plot: Elizabeth of York

Artists

  • The Cardinall's Musick
    • Andrew Carwooddirector

    Programme

    Interval

        • To Complayne Me, Alas
        • Motet: Aeternae Laudis Lilium

    Overview

    Marian devotion and mysticism touched countless lives in late medieval England, inspiring Robert Fayrfax and musicians such as William Cornysh and Walter Lambe to create some of their finest works.

    This concert also explores Tudor dynastic politics in the form of Fayrfax’s votive antiphon Aeternae laudis lilium, almost certainly commissioned by Henry VIII’s mother, Elizabeth of York.

    Part of