Music for a Tudor Christmas as part of a reception at the British Library, London. The current exhibition is Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins and Rival Queens, so this programme reflects music that each queen might have known. Mary Stuart spent her early life in France, so there are chansons and dance music; Elizabeth's favoured composers Tallis and Byrd are featured, and there are pieces by the Scottish composers John Black and James Lauder. The Christmas flavour is provided by some carols that date from the sixteenth century, including 'Ding dong merrily on high' in its guise as a French bransle melody.

https://www.bl.uk/events/elizabeth-and-mary