{"product_id":"the-sixteen-sacred-and-profane-cd","title":"The Sixteen • Sacred and Profane (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-product__secondaryblock\"\u003e\n\u003caside class=\"c-product__product-additional\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-tabs c-tabs-block c-tabs-block--product\" data-toggle=\"tabslet\" data-deeplinking=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"about\" class=\"c-tabs-block__tab c-tabs-block__tab--about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-tabs-block__tab-content has-raw-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cornysh and Benjamin Britten were prolific writers of both sacred and secular music. Cornysh is actually two people, quite possibly father and son. Both were court musicians who excelled at writing complex and adventurous antiphons for the church, as well as beautiful secular songs for the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. As far as who wrote what is concerned, the truth may never be known and so here they are linked as one. Britten is celebrated for his ability to mix sacred and secular expertly in order to showcase the voice in all its multifaceted glory. A perfect example of this is \u003cem\u003eSacred and Profane\u003c\/em\u003e, where he gives us a fascinating mixture of the devotional and the rumbustiously secular. The final song ‘A death’ is a wicked blend of horror and gallows humour far removed from the melancholic canon \u003cem\u003eAh, Robin, gentle Robin\u003c\/em\u003e by Cornysh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sixteen\u003cbr\u003eHarry Christophers \u003cstrong\u003edirector\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/aside\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOR16159 • Released 2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CORO Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780495188342,"sku":"COR16159","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2225\/8403\/files\/a19f6fbb-90bc-4fd1-83b8-18f3ad5805d4.jpg?v=1777556994","url":"https:\/\/earlymusicshop.com\/products\/the-sixteen-sacred-and-profane-cd","provider":"The Early Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}