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His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts

Catherine Bott talks to Jeremy West and Jamie Savan from the group, considered one of the foremost wind ensembles in the world. Featuring music by Grillo and Gabrieli.

His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts are now in their 25th year and during that time they've established a reputation as one of the foremost wind ensembles in the early music world. Catherine Bott talks to Jeremy West and Jamie Savan from the group and introduces items from a recent concert the group gave at the 2008 Spitalfields Festival, of music by Grillo and Gabrieli.

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All pieces from the concert were performed by His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.

His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts are:
Jamie Savan, Jeremy West and Bruce Dickey: cornetts
Adam Woolf, Abigail Newman and Philip Dale: tenor sackbutt
Andrew Harwood-White and Stephen Saunders: bass sackbutt
Gary Cooper: chamber organ

Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon settima a 7 (1615)

Giovanni Battista Grillo: 鈥淎nima Mea鈥 (1624)
Faye Newton (soprano)

Giovanni Battista Grillo: Canzon Secunda

Andrea Gabrieli: O Sacrum Convivium (1565)
Faye Newton (soprano)

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata for 3 Cornetts (1615)
Bruce Dickey, Jamie Savan, Jeremy West (cornetts)

Monteverdi: Sonata 鈥淪ancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis鈥
From the 1610 Vespers
John Eliot Gardiner recording
ARCHIV 429 565-2
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Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona Primi Toni (1597)

Giovanni Battista Grillo: 鈥淢isericordias Domini鈥 (1618)
Nicholas Muroy (tenor) and Eamonn Dougan (baritone)

Giovanni Gabrieli: Surrexit Christus (1615)
Faye Newton (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Eamonn Dougan (baritone) and tutti

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Sun 2 Nov 2008 13:00

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