The Puritans
Wednesday 20 June 2007 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.
Playlist
13/30. The Puritans
Oliver Cromwell may have sent his Parliamentary visitor William Dowsing to smash up organs in churches, but privately Cromwell not only liked music, but employed composers who used to work for the King to write for him.
William Lawes: Corant (from the Royal consort)
Elizabeht Kenny (lute)
William Carter (theobo)
Frances Kelly (double harp)
Hyperion CDA 67589, Track 10
Henry Lawes: Cease you jolly shepheards
(a pastoral elegie to the memory of my dear brother)
Elizabeht Kenny (lute)
William Carter (lute)
Frances Kelly (double harp)
Rebecca Outram (soprano)
Robin Blaze (counter tenor)
Robert MacDonald (bass)
Hyperion CDA 67589, Track 27
Playford, John: Cockleshells (from The Dancing Master)
David douglass (violin)
Paul O'dette (cittern)
Andrew Lawrence-king (guitar)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907186 track 19
Henry Lawes: Thee and thy wondrous deeds (adapted from Psalm 9)
The Consort of Musicke
Antony Rooley (conductor)
Hyperion: CDA 66135 track 8
William Lawes:Consort set a 5 in c minor
Hesperion XX1
Jordi Savall (conductor)
Alia Vox AV9823 CD 1 Tracks 7-10
William Lawes: How like a widow, Judah in exile wanders, How hath jehovah's wrath
The Consort of Musicke
Musica Oscura 080972 Track 4
William Brade: Coral
Trio Sonnerie
APEX 0927499762 Track 7
Tomkins, Thomas: A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes
John Toll, (virginals)
MERIDIAN CDE 84233 Track 10
Jenkins, John: Fantasy in D minor
Trio Sonnerie
APEX 0927499762 Track 13
Henry Lawes:The Lark - Swift through the yielding air
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Anthony Rooley (lute)
Hyperion: CDA 66135 Track 2
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