Nicholas Ludford's guest appearances

Nicholas Ludford

Blue Heron (Vocal Ensemble) Podcast

The Tudor Minute

William Byrd

John Dudley

Sir Philip Sidney

Matthew Parker

Richard III

Henry VIII

Thomas Cranmer

John Knox

John Mason

Thomas Cromwell

Mary Queen of Scots

William Tyndale

Charles I

Anne Boleyn

Mary Tudor

OwlTail

Today in 1557 composer Nicholas Ludford was buried in St Margaret’s Church in Westminster. His festal masses are preserved in several musical manuscripts of the period, including the Peterhouse Partbooks, and the Lambeth Choirbook at Lambeth. Go to Englandcast.com for links to his music, and more info. Like these daily doses of Tudor history? If so, leave a rating wherever you're listening to this. It's a huge help in getting the word out about the show. Thank you!

Today in 1557 composer Nicholas Ludford was buried in St Margaret’s Church in Westminster. His festal masses are preserved in several musical manuscripts of the period, including the Peterhouse Partbooks, and the Lambeth Choirbook at Lambeth. Go to <a href="http://Englandcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Englandcast.com</a> for links to his music, and more info. <br><br>Like these daily doses of Tudor history? If so, leave a rating wherever you're listening to this. It's a huge help in getting the word out about the show. Thank you!

Tudor Minute August 9: Nicholas Ludford is buried

Scott Metcalfe

Episode 5 features a pre-concert lecture by Blue Heron's Music Director, Scott Metcalfe. In his lecture, given on October 13, 2012, before a concert in Cambridge, Metcalfe took on a number of interesting topics. He discussed the works that were about to be given their North American Premieres (Ludford's Missa Inclina cor meum and Mason's Ave fuit prima salus), the history of the Peterhouse partbooks (which is the sole source of those pieces), why Blue Heron approaches this repertoire the way it does and finally "why music from the 16th century should be as captivating, varied and expressive as music from any other age." The lecture was supported in part by the Cambridge Society for Early Music.The Ludford and Mason works discussed in this lecture were recorded shortly after the premiere performances in October 2012, and will soon be released commercially on Blue Heron's own label, as Volume 3 of a planned set of 5 Peterhouse Partbooks recordings (BHCD1004; RELEASE DATE: October 2013). The disc will contain the world premiere recordings of all the music on the CD.

Episode 5 features a pre-concert lecture by Blue Heron's Music Director, Scott Metcalfe. In his lecture, given on October 13, 2012, before a concert in Cambridge, Metcalfe took on a number of interesting topics. He discussed the works that were about to be given their North American Premieres (Ludford's Missa Inclina cor meum and Mason's Ave fuit prima salus), the history of the Peterhouse partbooks (which is the sole source of those pieces), why Blue Heron approaches this repertoire the way it does and finally "why music from the 16th century should be as captivating, varied and expressive as music from any other age." The lecture was supported in part by the Cambridge Society for Early Music.<br><br>The Ludford and Mason works discussed in this lecture were recorded shortly after the premiere performances in October 2012, and will soon be released commercially on Blue Heron's own label, as Volume 3 of a planned set of 5 Peterhouse Partbooks recordings (BHCD1004; RELEASE DATE: October 2013). The disc will contain the world premiere recordings of all the music on the CD.

Premieres of Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks by Nicholas Ludford (c.1490-1557) and John Mason (c.1480-1548) and Variety and Expression in the Performance of 16th-century Music -- Pre-Concert Lecture by Scott Metcalfe