Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd (1540-1623) Renaissance Motet An English composer of the Renaissance period, William Byrd was a student of Thomas Tallis and wrote many works both sacred and secular in the common forms in England at the time. Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus appeared in his Gradualia, two volumes of liturgical polyphony published in 1605 and 1607. Primarily devoted to use within the major feasts of the church calendar, some of the included items in the 1605 volume do not belong to the main sphere of works. The Ave Verum Corpus is one of these. It is a popular work of Byrd's, utilising the well-known Latin text of the Eucharistic hymn. Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua...    less

"Hymn of Acxiom", Vienna Teng Arranged by Henrik Dahlgren Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden Dirigent: Jan Yngwe Recorded in S:t Jacobs Church, Stockholm January 31st, 2015 Video, audio and editing David Böling Created with MAGIX Video pro X6