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William Byrd is focus of this edition of Early Music Now, who a contemporary called 'the father of English music'. Included are keyboard and consort pieces, plus some motets that flew in the face of religious convention in England at the time.
- William Byrd: Fantasia I. Performed by bFive Recorder.
- William Byrd: Though Amaryllis Dance in Green. Performed by bFive Recorder Consort & Sunhae Im, soprano.
- William Byrd: Will yow walke the woods so wylde. Performed by Davitt Moroney, muselar.
- William Byrd: Tribulationes civitatum. Performed by Stile Antico.
- William Byrd: A Fancie. Performed by Davitt Moroney, organ.
- William Byrd: Pavane & Galliard. Performed by bFive Recorder Consort.
- William Byrd: Ye sacred muses. Performed by bFive Recorder Consort & Sunhae Im, soprano.
- William Byrd: Ne irascaris Domine. Performed by Stile Antico.
- William Byrd: Laetentur coeli. Performed by Stile Antico.
- William Byrd: Browning. Performed by bFive Recorder Consort.
- William Byrd: Fantasia III. Performed by bFive Recorder Consort.