Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks Hugo Williams, Emma Troman, Shawn Li, The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge & Simon Jackson

• Giovanni Croce (1557 - 1609): Omnes gentes plaudite a 8:
• 1 Croce: Omnes gentes plaudite a 8 02:28
• William Byrd (1540 - 1623): Prevent us, O Lord:
• 2 Byrd: Prevent us, O Lord 02:06
• Thomas Wilson: Prevent us, O Lord (2):
• 3 Wilson: Prevent us, O Lord (2) 01:58
• John Amner: Lift up your heads:
• 4 Amner: Lift up your heads 02:08
• Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505 - 1585): O God be merciful unto us:
• 5 Tallis: O God be merciful unto us 05:30
• Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656): Clarifica me Pater:
• 6 Tomkins: Clarifica me Pater 01:44
• Richard Farrant (ca. 1525/30 - 1580): Call to remembrance, O Lord:
• 7 Farrant: Call to remembrance, O Lord 01:39
• William Byrd: Behold, I bring you glad tidings:
• 8 Byrd: Behold, I bring you glad tidings 06:30
• Thomas Tomkins: Jesus came when the doors were shut:
• 9 Tomkins: Jesus came when the doors were shut 03:15
• Thomas Tallis: Verily, verily, I say unto you:
• 10 Tallis: Verily, verily, I say unto you 01:32
• Adrian Batten: Deliver us, O Lord our God:
• 11 Batten: Deliver us, O Lord our God 00:59
• Thomas Wilson: Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is:
• 12 Wilson: Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is 01:55
• Orlando Gibbons: Te Deum:
• 13 Gibbons: Te Deum 04:05
• Thomas Tomkins: Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la for a beginner:
• 14 Tomkins: Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la for a beginner 01:10
• William Child (1606/07 - 1697): Jubilate Deo:
• 15 Child: Jubilate Deo 02:00
• Thomas Wilson: Behold, now praise the Lord:
• 16 Wilson: Behold, now praise the Lord 01:12
• William Smith (1603 - 1645): Preces and Responses:
• 17 Smith: Preces and Responses 00:55
• Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land:
• 18 Smith: Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land 03:57
• Robert Stone (1516 - 1613): The Lord’s Prayer:
• 19 Stone: The Lord’s Prayer 00:54
• Thomas Wilson: Evening Service in C Major "Magnificat and Nunc dimittis":
• 20 Wilson: Evening Service in C Major "Magnificat and Nunc dimittis": Magnificat "My soul doth magnify the Lord" 02:40
• 21 Wilson: Evening Service in C Major "Magnificat and Nunc dimittis": Nunc Dimittis "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace" 01:49
• Total Runtime 50:26

Info for Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks

With their dramatic history, the Peterhouse Partbooks are among the most significant collections of English sacred music manuscripts from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Collected for use in the chapel of Peterhouse in the 1630s and hidden during the Civil War, these manuscripts offer a rare glimpse into the musical heritage of the Anglican tradition. Working with Historical Advisor Matthew Alec Gouldstone on early performance practice, the Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge directed by Simon Jackson brings to life both recently rediscovered gems and the enduring foundations of English choral music. Including several world premiere recordings, this programme presents a survey of the rich variety in the Peterhouse manuscripts, from the Venetian splendour of Croce’s eight-part anthem Omnes gentes plaudite, to the penitential intimacy of Tallis’s O God be merciful unto us.

The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Hugo Williams, organ
Emma Troman, organ
Shawn Li, organ
Simon Jackson, director

Simon Jackson
has been director of music at Peterhouse since 2017. He previously served as organist and director of music at the neighbouring Church of Little St Mary’s. He began his musical training as a chorister at York Minster, and continued his education at Jesus College, Cambridge where he sang as a choral scholar. In addition to his musical activities, he is an award-winning academic. His research focuses on the connections between poetry and music in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Peterhouse Choir
Founded in 1284, Peterhouse is the oldest college of the University of Cambridge. In 1635, the college master, John Cosin, established the Peterhouse Choir to sing in the college’s newly consecrated chapel. The college continues to nurture its rich and historic musical tradition to this day, with music associated with Peterhouse Chapel in the 1630s forming a core part of the choir’s repertoire. The choir tours internationally each year, recently in Sweden, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy and the Faroe Islands.

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