passamezzo , 4 months ago to earlymusic group

Some 17th Century music for Christmas Day

Orlando Gibbons: A Song of Joy
from George Withers' Hymnes and Carols of the Church, 1623

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: alto
Peter Willcock: bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8IRdnZ_oLo&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 6 months ago to earlymusic group

A seasonal madrigal to match the Autumn weather...
Michael East: Why are our Summer sports so brittle?
From the Fourth Set of Books, 1618

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Christopher Goodwin: lute
Alison Kinder: treble viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WTK61VyzfU&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 6 months ago to earlymusic group

John Dowland: Sleep, wayward thoughts
from The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, 1597.

Richard de Winter: tenor
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1-HkJGG0Vo&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 8 months ago to earlymusic group

Today's video was one of the last things that we did before lockdown in March 2020... It was filmed in the Great Watching Chamber at Hampton Court Palace, while preparing a section on Elizabethan music for Historic Royal Palace's Futurelearn course on Tudor entertainment.

Augustine Bassano: Pavan
From Egerton MS 3665

Robin Jeffrey: lute
Tamsin Lewis: renaissance violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0rC0gVr2ig&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 8 months ago to History

William Lawes: Think not I could absent myself this night

A dialogue between Eunomia (goddess of law) and Irene (goddess of peace) from James Shirley's court masque, The Triumph of Peace, 1634

Emily Atkinson: Eunomia (soprano)
Richard de Winter: Irene (tenor)
Peter Willcock: bass
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: violin, alto
Keith McGowan: flute
Richard Mackenzie: lute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0wTjEWnaO8&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 9 months ago to earlymodern group

Divisions (variations) on the popular Tudor song 'the leaves be green.

The leaves be green
The nuts be brown
They hang so high
They cannot come down

Arranged from John Johnson's duet for 2 lutes in Jane Pickering's Lute Book (c1616)

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Christopher Goodwin: lute
Alison Kinder: tenor viol
Tamsin Lewis: bass viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAWCseNH-I&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 10 months ago to histodons group

The Shepherds' Holiday, or Labour in Vain.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The English #Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1651.

Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IFbNuxQjeI&list=UULFpQK1ehIIykjVNE94Eu4Hqw&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 10 months ago to histodons group

It's a gloriously sunny day here, so here's a #dance to match the weather:

The Glory of the Sun.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1657.

Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
Peter Luke Kenny: #drum
Image: Abel Grimmer - peasants dancing, 1614

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKwK95SWak&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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