Michael Stewart Photo: Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
The earliest known polyphonic setting of 'Stella Caeli' is by John Cook, found in the Old Hall manuscript. This important collection of works is dated from just after the battle of Agincourt (1415). This setting is very simple and syllabic.
John Thorne’s setting is the most recent, written in thanksgiving for the deliverance of his home town of York in 1551.
Recorded 29 August 2019 in Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul
Producer/Sound engineer: David Houston
