Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs Neil Ferris Byrd’s Great Service

Byrd’s Great Service

Fount & Origin

conducted by Artistic Director George Vass

Director and organist Andrew Arthur unites his forces in this compelling programme of works by three composers who flourished in the Jacobean period – Orlando Gibbons

Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs Neil Ferris Byrd’s Great ServiceSharon Carty (mezzo soprano) Morgan Pearse (baritone) BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Singers John Andrews (conductor) Charles Villiers Stanford felt a special affinity for the orchestral song, an idiom which began to establish itself as a distinct art form in its own right at the end of the nineteenth century with composers such as Mahler, Richard Strauss, Elgar and Bantock. This recording, released to mark the composers centenary year, features a wide