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.
informative and interesting...
muhammadzahmad 2 months ago
Very interesting, thank you!
ourDC888 5 months ago
We all have our own Muses !!
str8ngrrr 6 months ago
@poopyscoopy5 ...and murder, for the win.
zannabarnowl 7 months ago
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...
WinterHaven 10 months ago
Is that stephen fry who says "Cambridge Ideas... transforming tomorrow"?
08jansmc 11 months ago
Lol you put gluttony and lechery in the tags.... that is funny.
poopyscoopy5 1 year ago
He's my choir director!
MiraSekelsky 1 year ago
too much talking - a short intro would have conveyed as much - more of the music required
Debify 1 year ago
10:37 it's spiritual
MsTommyknocker 1 year ago