Utwory na płycie:

• Pater noster
• Exsurge Christe
• Peccavimus cum patribus
• Te spectant, Reginalde, Poli
• Like as the doleful dove
• New Ballad of the Marigold
• Fansye
• Sarum Litany
• O sacrum convivium
• Quod chorus vatum
• Christi Virgo dilectissima
• Deus misereatur
• When shall my sorrowful sighing slack
• Vain, all our life I
• Martyr Dei qui unicum
• Loquebantur variis linguis
• Libera nos, salva nos
• Vain, all our life II

Philip van Wilder:
Pater noster

William Mundy:
Exsurge Christe

Christopher Tye:
Peccavimus cum patribus

Orlande de Lassus:
Te spectant, Reginalde, Poli

Anon.:
New Ballad of the Marigold

Anthony Newman:
Fansye

Thomas Tallis:
Like as the doleful dove
Sarum Litany
O sacrum convivium
Quod chorus vatum
When shall my sorrowful sighing slack
Loquebantur variis linguis

John Sheppard:
Christi virgo dilectissima
Deus misereatur
Vain, all our life I
Martyr Dei qui unicum
Libera nos
Vain, all our life II

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.

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Recording: January 2016, St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London, United Kingdom