We raise the curtain on our Orlando Gibbons Festival with a performance by one of the UK's leading recorder ensembles. From Renaissance consort music to Baroque dance suites, their programme illuminates the soundworld of a transitional period in history - as the English crown passed from the Tudors to the Stuarts. A captivating figure bridging these eras, Orlando Gibbons also influenced the next generation of composers including his son Christopher who, in turn, taught Henry Purcell.
Orlando Gibbons: In Nomine à 4
Orlando Gibbons: Fantasias à 2, No.1
Orlando Gibbons: Lord Salisbury's Pavan
Elway Bevin: Browning
Hugh Ashton: Hugh Ashton's Maske
William Byrd: Fantasias à 4, No.1
John Dowland: Lachrimae pavane
John Dowland: Can she excuse my wrongs?
Anthony Holborne: Fantasias à 3, No.2
William Byrd: In Nomine
Matthew Locke: Suite
Fantazie, Courante, Ayre, Saraband
Christopher Gibbons: Almain
Henry Purcell: Theatre Suite
Courtin Tune, Air & Dance
Duration: approximately 60 minutes (no interval)
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