The Great Service

Album by William Byrd & Cambridge Choir of King’s College & Stephen Cleobury

The Great Service is an extended choral setting by English composer William Byrd, composed in the late 16th century (c.1590s). The work is a large-scale Renaissance Anglican liturgical setting characterised by intricate polyphony, contrasts between full choir and solo writing, and careful text-setting that makes it a representative example of late Tudor sacred music in Byrd's output.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Morning Service: I Venite
    5:26
  2. 2.
    The Morning Service: II Te Deum
    9:12
  3. 3.
    The Morning Service: III Benedictus
    9:14
  4. 4.
    The Morning Service: IV Kyrie
    1:01
  5. 5.
    The Morning Service: Creed
    5:24
  6. 6.
    The Evening Service: I Introit - "Lift up your heads" (Psalm 24)
    5:07
  7. 7.
    The Evening Service: II First Preces
    1:15
  8. 8.
    The Evening Service: Psalm 47 "O Clap your hands"
    3:14
  9. 9.
    The Evening Service: III Magnificat
    9:26
  10. 10.
    The Evening Service: IV Nunc dimittis
    4:34
  11. 11.
    The Evening Service: V Responses
    0:36
  12. 12.
    The Evening Service: Prayers
    2:38
  13. 13.
    The Evening Service: Collects
    2:25
  14. 14.
    The Evening Service: VI Anthem "O Lord, Make Thy Servant"
    2:43
  15. 15.
    The Evening Service: VII Anthem "Sing joyfully unto God our strength" (Psalm 81, 1-4)
    2:47