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Singers in the newly formed vocal group ORA perform music old and brand new. Nick Rutter/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Songs We Love: ORA, 'Kyrie'

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Earthy Elizabethan Elegance From William Byrd

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Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, won the 2010 Gramophone Artist of the Year award. Sheila Rock hide caption

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William Byrd: "Domine non sum dignus" (The Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood, dir.)

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As a boy chorister, Nico Muhly was inspired by the melding of words and music by William Byrd. Samantha West hide caption

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Nico Muhly: Senex Puerem Portabat (Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon)

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Stile Antico Renders 16th-Century Music Beautifully

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