William Byrd's Miserere

[@seankoreski5826]

Magnificent! It's high pitch is in no way disagreeable, it has such a tranquil sound!

[@millennial8441]

Agreed.

[@CandiceGoddard]

Lol, each to their own. I think it sounds silly given that the context is begging God for forgiveness (since that's what a miserere is).

[@seankoreski5826]

@@CandiceGoddard Stuck on a word. I like music, not word battles.

[@hellomate639]

​@@CandiceGoddardMiserere is a request for mercy. The "silliness" is your projection. You can project silliness onto anything. That's how things that are amazing end up dated.

[@cangjie12]

Its, not it’s

[@Jarchiporz]

That's beautiful! And I would love to have an instrument like that!

[@jameslouder]

I love the sound of this little virginal--somewhat to my surprise, because I've heard other ottavini which set my teeth on edge. What's the difference--besides the touch of the skilled builder and sensitive musician? Why the pure thirds of quarter-comma meantone temperament, what else? So simple, yet so essential!

[@samlamingluthier]

Absolutely wonderfully played and likewise lovely tonality of the Instrument! Thanks for sharing.

[@cardinalflower6959]

Beautiful bell-like sound!

[@orion777temp]

beautiful,thanks a lot for sharing

[@ingorichter649]

simply beautiful angelic sound 🎹

[@thatdirtymichiganmusician1038]

This sounds so unexpectedly beautiful. (Especially that my last name is Byrd)😂

[@petermole3872]

Thank you! I will pass on your comment to Colin. I suspect this an organ piece really, and from memory Davitt Moroney p

[@petermole3872]

...sorry, plays it on the organ in his complete Byrd recording

[@andreweden9405]

Beautifully played. It's a piece that I've known for so long that I've also kind of made it "my own". I also might borrow some of your ficta choices, some of which are very striking! Question: Why doesn't the chant used by Byrd as the cantus firmus match any... and I mean ANY of the monophonic chant settings of the Miserere I'm able to find? Do you know where to find it? When playing these pieces, I like to state the monophonic chant first before commencing the newer polyphonic setting. But Byrd's cantus firmus is different than any other setting I am able to find!

[@caesarsneezer6992]

That's a lot of sound from a tiny box

[@MarkFarago]

Wonderful!

[@Pablo_Olais]

Maravilloso!!! Bravo. La réplica de este cembalo es de que instrumento? Me refiero a su país del instrumento original a partir del cual se hizo la réplica.

[@buschiazzoantonino5917]

Delicious !

[@elel-ww5nf]

How can you get this instrument !?

[@grantheron4595]

Time travel musically

[@alexanderbogdanov6983]

nice ton

[@mrdeeman5912]

How was this instrument made?

[@mewsdo]

Lovely sounding instrument. Some rubato might be welcome!

[@st.franciscatholic2808]

How does one procure this instrument?! One like it?!

[@yuehchopin]

schöne KLänge

[@neocortexlab]

So little sparkling thingy ))

[@LeftyandFriends]

Beautiful playing and sound. I have a spinet but a few of the keys won't return after playing. It appears that the mechanism isn't falling back under the string. Do you have any tips for adjusting this please?

[@clementmatchett]

The key levers just rock on a pin which engages with a hole in the lever. Try easing the hole with a bradawl or a suitably-sized nail, taking care only to ease it along the longitudinal axis. If that doesn’t work, get a small piece of lead sheet and glue it to the underside of the key lever towards its distal end.

[@written12]

Is a spinet a kind of virginal?

[@petermole3872]

Ed, you may be right, but the score which Colin is playing from, and from which I play the same anthem, appears in FWB as 'Miserere in four parts'. As you obviously know, and I have learned, though I am not a Catholic, the words are a setting of, Psalm 67: In English, "Lord be merciful unto us and Bless us, Let the light of Your Countenance shine and Gives Us Peace,... Lord Have Mercy Upon us... "

[@petermole3872]

It was built by Colin Booth, who has a website. He has made several and may still have one for sale, I don't know.