Henry VIII - King of Tunes (audio slideshow)

King Henry the VIII is chiefly associated with gluttony, lechery and murder. Surprisingly, it turns out he was also a deeply sensitive soul, who liked to express himself by penning his own musical compositions. Even more surprisingly, he was rather good at it. Love, longing, desire and passion; this is Henry as you've never heard him before. In this audio slideshow you can hear a selection of this stunning early music, sung by the group Alamire, to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry's coronation. Reporter Fred Dove spoke to David Skinner, Alamire's director and Director of Music at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, about Henry's juicy musical legacy.

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[muhammadzahmad]

informative and interesting...

[ourDC888]

Very interesting, thank you!

[str8ngrrr]

We all have our own Muses !!

[zannabarnowl]

@poopyscoopy5 ...and murder, for the win.

[WinterHaven]

After composing a beautiful piece of music he goes to the dungeons and enjoys the screams of agony as his victims are stretched on the rack, hung until near dead, water thrown upon them to awaken them, testicles cut off, disemboweled, organs roasting on open flames, and while screaming more into agony until near dead - beheaded. Then go back and compose more music LOL...

[08jansmc]

Is that stephen fry who says "Cambridge Ideas... transforming tomorrow"?

[poopyscoopy5]

Lol you put gluttony and lechery in the tags.... that is funny.

[MiraSekelsky]

He's my choir director!

[Debify]

too much talking - a short intro would have conveyed as much - more of the music required

[MsTommyknocker]

10:37 it's spiritual