Oriana's Triumphs
16th-century England boasted a musical culture unparalleled anywhere on the continent. Today, Donald explores the conditions that let composers flourish under Elizabeth I's rule.
The composers of 16th-century England flourished under the rule of Elizabeth I, rapidly developing a diverse musical culture unparalleled anywhere on the continent, a truly Golden Age for English music. In this week of programmes Donald Macleod explores six composers who were key to this ascent - Thomas Morley, John Bull, Peter Philips, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tomkins. These composers were all active at around the same time as the 鈥淔ather of British Musick鈥 William Byrd and John Dowland, and all either studied or worked with Byrd, but they don鈥檛 often receive the same attention as those more famous names. In Monday鈥檚 programme, Donald explores the circumstances which allowed the six composers to flourish under Elizabeth I's rule.
Morley: It was a Lover and his lass
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Tomkins: Fantasia a 6 no. 18
Phantasm
Tomkins: Too Much I Once Lamented (for Byrd)
Le Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain, director
Bull: Chromatic Pavan and Galliard MB 87a/b
Sophie Yates, virginals
Philips: Hodie beata Virgo Maria; Surgens Jesus; Ave Verum Corpus (Cantiones Sacrae 1612, Vol I)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
Gibbons: Prelude in D minor
Laurence Cummings, organ
Gibbons: See, See the World is Incarnate
Robin Blaze, countertenor
Oxford Camerata
Laurence Cummings, organ
Jeremy Summerly, conductor
Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth, conductor
Morley: Hard by a Crystal Fountain
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth, conductor
Produced by Sam Phillips for 成人快手 Wales
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Thomas Morley
It was a lover and his lass
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Ian Bostridge.- WARNER CLASSICS 9029594473.
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Thomas Tomkins
Fantasia a 6, No 18
Ensemble: Phantasm.- OPUS ARTE OACD9040D.
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Thomas Tomkins
Too Much I Once Lamented
Performer: Les Cris de Paris. Performer: Geoffroy Jourdain.- HARMONIA MUNDI HMM902298.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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John Bull
Chromatic Pavan and Galliard, MB 87a/b
Performer: Sophie Yates.- CHANDOS CHAN0699.
- CHANDOS.
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Peter Philips
Hodie beata virgo Maria
Performer: Richard Marlow. Choir: Trinity College Of Music Choir.- CHANDOS CHAN0770.
- CHANDOS.
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Peter Philips
Ave verum Corpus Christi
Performer: Richard Marlow. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.- CHANDOS CHAN0770.
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Orlando Gibbons
Prelude in D minor
Performer: Laurence Cummings.- NAXOS 8553130.
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Orlando Gibbons
See, see, the Word is Incarnate
Performer: Laurence Cummings. Singer: Robin Blaze. Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- NAXOS 8553130.
- NAXOS 8553130.
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Thomas Weelkes
As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending
Performer: David Miller. Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- CHANDOS : CHAN0682.
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Thomas Morley
Hard by a Crystal Fountain
Performer: David Miller. Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- CHANDOS : CHAN0682.
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