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English Renaissance composer and organist
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2023-07-01 09:35:00
Temple ChurchByrd: Pavan and Gaillard; Fantasy in 6 parts; Three Fantasies in 3 parts; Fantasy in four parts; Five-Part Pavan; Browning; Two In Nomines in 5 parts Weelkes: In Nomine in 5 parts Byrd: Prelude and Ground; Fantasy: two parts in one the fourth above Weelkes: Fantasy in six parts Byrd: Fantasy in six parts Temple Music’s William Byrd Festival continued with music for viol consort: mostly Byrd, but with a couple of pieces by Thomas Weelkes. The twin variety and unity of Byrd’s contributions was striking, in some cases gradually permitting the emergence of older themes, whether from folk music or, in the case of the In nomines, a cantus firmus from John Taverner’s Missa gloria tibi trinitas. A programme equally well constructed and well performed, with subtle yet undeniable mastery, offered a restorative lunchtime hour in the heart of legal London. A pair of dances, a Pavan […]
2022-06-01 16:58:11
Real music-making of the highest standards: the Swiss youth orchestra "il mosaico" is caught on tour in Italy by composer Edward Lambert
[…] quickly forgot: even with players as young as ten, there were no lapses of intonation here, phrasing was well articulated and dynamic contrasts were strong, often powerful. The first violin section, though small in number, were perfectly formed. As with some of the UK’s county youth orchestras, the organisation also boasts four training orchestras and the performers’ cumulative experience was evident. Their musical director is Hermann Ostendarp, a violinist and one time leader of the Taverner Players and London Classical Players; and this showed, for the string coaching was evidently in professional hands. The wind, perhaps because of the seating layout and the auditorium’s acoustics, were less detailed but sounded equally assured. Real music-making of the highest standards was to be had in Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto which followed, with the young Liu Pinxin as the formidable soloist. This most symphonic of all concertos drew the best out of this […]
2021-06-16 07:14:46
Purcell's music never ceases to amaze in its imagination: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, volume IV from The Sixteen
[…] the time the music on the disc was written Purcell's fancy for viol consorts is one of the quirkier aspects of his career as viol playing had rapidly dropped out of currency (apart from the bass instrument), though it is tempting to imagine him squirrelled away in some corner of the court with a group of elderly musicians playing these old-fashioned instruments. Here we hear two highly imaginative In nomines with the Benedictus from John Taverner's Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas, the movement which gave rise to the In nomine genre, an imaginative touch of programming. Purcell's music for Nathaniel Lee's Theodosius was written for a production in 1680, one of the composer's early encounters with the theatre and the music seems to be rather more integrated into the action of the play than would be for some of his later theatrical collaborations. We are presented with a wonderfully varied selection of […]
2021-06-15 12:00:00
Music by Henry Purcell and John Taverner, unreservedly recommended by Gerald Fenech. '... the singing and playing are consistently warm and passionate ...'
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