Lassus - Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston - Omnes De Saba Venient / Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae / Alma Redemptoris Mater / Psalmus Poenitentialis V / Tui Sunt Coeli

Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. The Epiphany anthem "Omnes de Saba venient" by Orlandus Lassus opens our reflection this week. Lassus was one of the masters of sixteenth century Renaissance polyphony. Born in modern-day Belgium little is definitively known of his early life although the story persists that he was kidnapped three times because of the beauty of his singing voice. His compositions most ce