The Lambeth Anonymous Iken Scholars

• Anonymous: Salve Regina:
• 1 Anonymous: Salve Regina: I. Salve regina 04:27
• 2 Anonymous: Salve Regina: II. Benedictum ventris tui 02:17
• 3 Anonymous: Salve Regina: III. O Clemens 07:21
• Ave dei patris:
• 4 Anonymous: Ave dei patris: I. Ave dei patris 05:22
• 5 Anonymous: Ave dei patris: II. Ave Jesu 04:41
• 6 Anonymous: Ave dei patris: III. Ave virgo fecta 04:08
• Magnificat I:
• 7 Anonymous: Magnificat I: I. Magnificat anima mea dominum 04:38
• 8 Anonymous: Magnificat I: II. Et misericordia ejus 05:36
• 9 Anonymous: Magnificat I: III. Suscepit Israel 02:58
• 10 Anonymous: Magnificat I: IV. Gloria patri et filio 03:53
• Magnificat II:
• 11 Anonymous: Magnificat II: I. Magnificat anima mea dominum 04:23
• 12 Anonymous: Magnificat II: II. Et misericordia ejus 05:11
• 13 Anonymous: Magnificat II: III. Suscepit Israel 04:05
• Vidi aquam egredientem:
• 14 Anonymous: Vidi aquam egredientem: I. Vidi aquam 03:58
• 15 Anonymous: Vidi aquam egredientem: II. Gloria patri 03:48
• Ave mundi spes Maria:
• 16 Anonymous: Ave mundi spes Maria: I. Ave mundi 03:30
• 17 Anonymous: Ave mundi spes Maria: II. Virgo, noli esse nobis aliena 04:18
• 18 Anonymous: Ave mundi spes Maria: III. Christe, fili summi patris 06:19
• Gaude flore virginali:
• 19 Anonymous: Gaude flore virginali: I. Gaude flore 07:45
• 20 Anonymous: Gaude flore virginali: II. Gaude virgo mater Christi 05:49
• Total Runtime 01:34:27

Info for The Lambeth Anonymous

The Arundel Choirbook is one of the most significant surviving collections of English polyphony from the early 16th century. As well as containing invaluable sources for masses by Robert Fayrfax and Nicholas Ludford, it also contains many works by lesser known and anonymous composers of the period. The Arundel or Lambeth Choirbook is celebrating it's 500th anniversary (Arundel College in Sussex was founded in 1380 and dissolved in 1544), and it is fitting that the Iken Scholars has selected a sequence of pieces by anonymous composers (known as the Lambeth Anonymous) that are receiving their world premiere recordings. The pieces are a selection of Magnificat settings, settings of Salve Regina, Ave dei patris, Ave mundi spes Maria, Vidi aquam egredientem and Gaude flore virginali. The seven Lambeth Anonymous settings are nestled between mass settings by Ludford and Fayrfax in the choirbook. This recording was made in the chapel at Lambeth Palace where the manuscripts have been housed since the early 17th century.

Iken Scholars
Matthew Dunn, director

The Iken Scholars
focus on giving concerts of under-performed areas of the Renaissance polyphony repertoire. We present engaging programmes that lift the lid on the stories behind the music we sing, bringing to life the world these masterpieces we born into.

Established in 2012, the Iken Scholars has gone on to give performances and concerts across London, the UK and further afield. ​

The choir has given performances in prestigious venues such as the Cadogan Hall, St Martin in the Fields, and all the London Cathedrals; we have toured to Nice, Verona and the Netherlands; and have performed in Oxford, Cambridge and Walsingham.

Forthcoming projects for 2025 include a major collaboration with Lambeth Palace to record seven previously un-recorded works from the Lambeth Choirbook; an exploration of the final years of Palestrina's career, looking at his role in establishing the first professional guild of musicians in Rome; and a look at the impact of riddle culture on the composers of the fifthteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Matthew Dunn
formed the Iken Scholars in 2012 to perform programmes of hidden corners of the canon of Renaissance polyphony. Born in Manchester, Matthew read music at Cambridge for his BA and MPhil researching 13th-century polyphony. He is Organist and Director of Music at All Saints’ Blackheath.

Booklet for The Lambeth Anonymous