Gabriel Crouch, Gallicantus & Elizabeth Kenny - Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Pater noster - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
02. Exsurge Christe - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
03. Peccavimus cum patribus - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
04. Te spectant, Reginalde, poli - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
05. Like as the Doleful Dove - Gabriel Crouch, Elizabeth Kenny & Gallicantus
06. New Ballad of the Marigold - Gabriel Crouch, Elizabeth Kenny & Gallicantus
07. Fansye - Elizabeth Kenny
08. Sarum Litany - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
09. O sacrum convivium - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
10. Quod chorus vatum - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
11. Christi virgo dilectissima - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
12. Deus misereatur - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
13. When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack - Gabriel Crouch, Elizabeth Kenny & Gallicantus
14. Vain, All Our Life - Gabriel Crouch, Elizabeth Kenny & Gallicantus
15. Martyr Dei qui unicum - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
16. Loquebantur variis linguis - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
17. Libera nos, salva nos - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus
18. Vain, All Our Life - Gabriel Crouch & Gallicantus

Gallicantus perform music surrounding the fascinating yet tragic story of Queen Mary Tudor’s ‘phantom pregnancy’. On 30th April 1555 the city of London celebrated the birth of a healthy male heir, but abruptly ceased the next day after the news was revealed to be nothing but rumour. There was to be no heir, with gossip and speculation surrounding the tale of Mary’s pregnancy from that day onwards.

The music performed here resonates with the circumstances of the mid-1550s, including items composed outside of Mary’s reign; from the royal ceremonies in which Mary participated as queen, and music directly tied to the specific events of 1554-5. This includes a newly-reconstructed Litany which was performed during Mary’s assumed pregnancy.

The viewpoint shifts from the streets of London and its suburbs, through the ceremonial grandeur of the royal palaces and their chapels, to the intimacy of the Privy Chamber itself.

The all-male early-music consort Gallicantus (Latin for ‘song of the rooster’), led by former King's Singer Gabriel Crouch, is drawn from the ranks of award-winning choir Tenebrae.

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