The Passion of Christ has brought forth much powerful music chief amongst which is the extended devotion Maria plena virtute by Fayrfax.

Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall’s Musick conclude their Fayrfax Celebration with a selection of mellifluous choral works from early Tudor times, complete with Taverner’s Mater Christi sanctissima and the exquisite ‘Agnus Dei’ from Fayrfax’s Mass Tecum principium.

The sub-text of this concert focuses on Cardinal Wolsey – Henry VIII’s principal advisor until his fall from power – and is reflected in the music of John Taverner who was appointed Informator (choirmaster) at Cardinal College (now Christ Church), Oxford.