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

Born in Liverpool, tenor Nicholas Mulroy was a chorister at the city’s Metropolitan Cathedral before studying Modern Languages at...

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

Roxanna Panifnik b.1968 ARAM, GRSM(hons), LRAM studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music and, since then, has written a wide...

Dr Katie Bank is a music historian at the University of Birmingham and the creator of ByrdCentral. Katie has published scholarly books...

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

Robert Quinney is Organist of New College, Oxford.

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.

Robert Quinney is Organist of New College, Oxford. In addition to the daily direction of New College’s world-famous choir, he is also a...

Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad's music has been described as "like a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition" (The...

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...

In this video, Rob (conductor, composer, and founder of Opus 8), shares a memorable moment in a French Cathedral with Byrd a 5....