Please note that music files that are linked to are not necessarily the same edition we will be using on the day and therefore there may be some slight differences.
Viadana Exsultate justi or YouTube SATB
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1564-1627) was a Franciscan friar who held musical posts in churches and cathedrals throughout Italy. A prolific composer, he helped through the development of figured bass to develop the transition from Renaissance to Baroque eras.
Exsultate justi, with a text from Psalm 33:1- 3, is from Concerti Ecclesiastici, Op. 12, a collection of one hundred pieces finished in 1602. Double and triple meters alternate in this joyous piece, with the voices imitating the harp and lyre of the text.
Wilbye Oft have I vowed or YouTube SSATB
John Wilbye (1574-1638) is one of the greatest English madrigalists. Oft have I vowed is from his Second Set of Madrigals of 1609. His style is characterized by delicate voice-writing and a lightness of scoring, and his depiction and expression of text was unsurpassed. He makes expressive use of major/minor alterations but, in general, limited use of chromaticism: the section 'suff'rest my feeble heart' is his only extended example.
Ford Since first I saw your face
or YouTube SATB
From Music of Sundry Kinds of 1607 - an 'air for 4 voices to the lute, orphorion or bass viol... Composed by Thomas Ford'. A delightful, straightforward piece which also exists in a lovely arrangement by Roger Quilter as a solo song - if you have a moment, do listen to this version.
Wilbye Weep, weep mine eyes
or YouTube Also in the Oxford Book of English Madrigals SAATB
Another exquisite piece by John Wilbye, dating from 1609. The words are a moving dialogue between two lovers facing death.
East Hence stars, too dim of light
or YouTube SSATB
Michael East (1580-1648) was best known for his five-part fantasias for viols. He was a member of the choir of Ely Cathedral before moving to Lichfield as a lay clerk and choirmaster. This piece is from The Triumphs of Oriana, Thomas Morley's collection in honour of (possibly) an ageing Queen Elizabeth and painting her as an eternally bountiful queen of a pastoral Arcadia. After a brief homophonic statement there follows several lines of nimble imitation, particularly effective on the wordy 'you dazzle but the sight, you teach to grope by night'.
Weelkes Lady, your eye
(note this is a semitone lower than our version) or YouTube SSATB
This is an unusual one-verse ballet. Look out for some glorious suspensions resolving onto suspensions, especially in the second part where, together with discordant intervals, they produce harmonic effects which are among the most advanced of the sixteenth century.
Please note that music files that are linked to are not necessarily the same edition we will be using on the day and therefore there may be some slight differences.
Viadana Exsultate justi or YouTube SATB
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1564-1627) was a Franciscan friar who held musical posts in churches and cathedrals throughout Italy. A prolific composer, he helped through the development of figured bass to develop the transition from Renaissance to Baroque eras.
Exsultate justi, with a text from Psalm 33:1- 3, is from Concerti Ecclesiastici, Op. 12, a collection of one hundred pieces finished in 1602. Double and triple meters alternate in this joyous piece, with the voices imitating the harp and lyre of the text.
Wilbye Oft have I vowed or YouTube SSATB
John Wilbye (1574-1638) is one of the greatest English madrigalists. Oft have I vowed is from his Second Set of Madrigals of 1609. His style is characterized by delicate voice-writing and a lightness of scoring, and his depiction and expression of text was unsurpassed. He makes expressive use of major/minor alterations but, in general, limited use of chromaticism: the section 'suff'rest my feeble heart' is his only extended example.
Ford Since first I saw your face
or YouTube SATB
From Music of Sundry Kinds of 1607 - an 'air for 4 voices to the lute, orphorion or bass viol... Composed by Thomas Ford'. A delightful, straightforward piece which also exists in a lovely arrangement by Roger Quilter as a solo song - if you have a moment, do listen to this version.
Wilbye Weep, weep mine eyes
or YouTube Also in the Oxford Book of English Madrigals SAATB
Another exquisite piece by John Wilbye, dating from 1609. The words are a moving dialogue between two lovers facing death.
East Hence stars, too dim of light
or YouTube SSATB
Michael East (1580-1648) was best known for his five-part fantasias for viols. He was a member of the choir of Ely Cathedral before moving to Lichfield as a lay clerk and choirmaster. This piece is from The Triumphs of Oriana, Thomas Morley's collection in honour of (possibly) an ageing Queen Elizabeth and painting her as an eternally bountiful queen of a pastoral Arcadia. After a brief homophonic statement there follows several lines of nimble imitation, particularly effective on the wordy 'you dazzle but the sight, you teach to grope by night'.
Weelkes Lady, your eye
(note this is a semitone lower than our version) or YouTube SSATB
This is an unusual one-verse ballet. Look out for some glorious suspensions resolving onto suspensions, especially in the second part where, together with discordant intervals, they produce harmonic effects which are among the most advanced of the sixteenth century.
Please note that music files that are linked to are not necessarily the same edition we will be using on the day and therefore there may be some slight differences.
Viadana Exsultate justi or YouTube SATB
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1564-1627) was a Franciscan friar who held musical posts in churches and cathedrals throughout Italy. A prolific composer, he helped through the development of figured bass to develop the transition from Renaissance to Baroque eras.
Exsultate justi, with a text from Psalm 33:1- 3, is from Concerti Ecclesiastici, Op. 12, a collection of one hundred pieces finished in 1602. Double and triple meters alternate in this joyous piece, with the voices imitating the harp and lyre of the text.
Wilbye Oft have I vowed or YouTube SSATB
John Wilbye (1574-1638) is one of the greatest English madrigalists. Oft have I vowed is from his Second Set of Madrigals of 1609. His style is characterized by delicate voice-writing and a lightness of scoring, and his depiction and expression of text was unsurpassed. He makes expressive use of major/minor alterations but, in general, limited use of chromaticism: the section 'suff'rest my feeble heart' is his only extended example.
Ford Since first I saw your face
or YouTube SATB
From Music of Sundry Kinds of 1607 - an 'air for 4 voices to the lute, orphorion or bass viol... Composed by Thomas Ford'. A delightful, straightforward piece which also exists in a lovely arrangement by Roger Quilter as a solo song - if you have a moment, do listen to this version.
Wilbye Weep, weep mine eyes
or YouTube Also in the Oxford Book of English Madrigals SAATB
Another exquisite piece by John Wilbye, dating from 1609. The words are a moving dialogue between two lovers facing death.
East Hence stars, too dim of light
or YouTube SSATB
Michael East (1580-1648) was best known for his five-part fantasias for viols. He was a member of the choir of Ely Cathedral before moving to Lichfield as a lay clerk and choirmaster. This piece is from The Triumphs of Oriana, Thomas Morley's collection in honour of (possibly) an ageing Queen Elizabeth and painting her as an eternally bountiful queen of a pastoral Arcadia. After a brief homophonic statement there follows several lines of nimble imitation, particularly effective on the wordy 'you dazzle but the sight, you teach to grope by night'.
Weelkes Lady, your eye
(note this is a semitone lower than our version) or YouTube SSATB
This is an unusual one-verse ballet. Look out for some glorious suspensions resolving onto suspensions, especially in the second part where, together with discordant intervals, they produce harmonic effects which are among the most advanced of the sixteenth century.
