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Harpsichordist Friederike Chylek's specialism is English keyboard music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her three solo recordings, Time...

Ross W. Duffin is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music Emeritus at Case Western Reserve...

Dr Richard Rastall is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds.

This ByrdStory comes from someone with an unusually close historical and musical connection to the composer. The description for...

Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. His musical language is...

Cousin choristers Danny & Thomas chat with infectious enthusiasm about their favourite piece of Byrd: the Advent introit Rorate caeli.

Patrick Dunachie is a countertenor in The King's Singers.

In this charming video, Roddy gives us a peek into his lifelong relationship with Byrd's music, starting with his boyhood as a chorister.

Harry Christophers shares a ByrdStory about his recent experiences with Byrd's 1611 songbook.

Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold is Director of Communities and Partnerships in the Diocese of Canterbury and Honorary Research Fellow at the...

Kerry McCarthy is author of the book Byrd (OUP, 2013) A short share. This photo was taken on the bank of the River Trent in Newark, where...

or, Why do I use my paper, 'ink' and pen?

Lucy is Librarian at Lincoln College, Oxford, soprano, socialite and occasional allotment gardener. My first introduction to William Byrd...

Sally Dunkley's long career as professional consort singer has run hand-in-hand with her interest in 16th-century vocal music as...

An Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Aberdeen, Richard read English at University College London 1966-69, qualified as a...