Stories in the Song: Music in Time of Pandemic
Posted July 2, 2020
Stories in the Song is Ars Nova Singers’ new series of video deep-dives, taking you behind the score to investigate choral music and culture from the Renaissance through today.
Today’s Episode: Artistic Director Thomas Edward Morgan takes us on a brief journey into William Byrd’s Masses, composed during an outbreak of the Second Pandemic of the Bubonic Plague in the 1590s. The video includes performances by Ars Nova Singers of the “Agnus Dei” movements from the Mass for 3 Voices and Mass for 5 Voices.