Tudor Mass experience created in chapel visited by Henry VIII, for the first time in nearly 500 years

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The unique sound of a Tudor Lady Mass has been created for the chapel where Henry VIII would have heard it, almost 500 years ago.

The audio experience immerses the listener in the prayers, chants and ritual sounds of clergy and choristers. It has been produced for one of the most beautiful pre-Reformation private chapels in England – former Tudor ‘power house’, The Vyne in Hampshire, now owned by the National Trust.

Sounds of movement have also been captured, enhancing the audio illusion, from the subtle change in volume of the priest’s voice as he turns from the altar, to the clink of the thurible chain as incense is blessed, even the faint rustle of clothing.

This is the first time a ‘soundscape’ of the Lady Mass – in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary - has been created as Henry VIII would have known it, featuring 16th-century composer Nicholas Ludford’s elaborate polyphonic music for boys’ voices.

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