Gawain Glenton, Conor Hastings, Nicholas Perry cornetts
Emily White, Tom Lees, Adrian France sackbuts
Robin Bigwood keyboards
While Tudor monarchs pursued international conflicts abroad, at court immigrant
musicians like the Ferraboscos and the Venetian wind-playing Bassano family were
still free to arrive and thrive. The Bassanos brought with them the latest dazzling
playing techniques and an unrivalled skill in the making of wind instruments.
They also performed an international repertoire of music by Italian, Flemish and
English composers including William Byrd and John Cooper (such an Italophile he
changed his name to Giovanni Coprario!). Politically, England was suspicious of
foreigners; the Bassanos were even beaten up in the street for ‘looking a bit Spanish’.
Musically, however, there was openness and vibrant exchange between cultures.
Supported by Annette Boyne and Mike and Jenny Clemens
-
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble website
Visit the website to hear them live and find out more!
Especially recommended if you have never heard cornetts and sackbuts before!
Prom Ticket/RVS or SP (on door only) £5
| Programme | ||
|---|---|---|
| Robert Parsons 1535–1572 | The song called trumpets | |
| Anonymous | O sancta Maria virgo | |
| Anonymous | The short measure off my Lady Wynkfield’s Round | |
| Henry VIII 1491–1547 | If love now reynyd | |
| Anonymous | Uppon la mi re | |
| Christopher Tye 1505–1572 | In nomine ‘Crye’ | |
| Giovanni Bassano c.1558–1617 | Fantasia a3 | |
| Adrian Willaert 1490–1562 | La rose (with diminutions by Giovanni Bassano) | |
| Anonymous | Pastime | |
| Giovanni Bassano | Voce mea ad Dominum Now that any creature |
|
| William Byrd 1538–1623 | Two motets: Miserere; Christe qui lux The Bells | |
| Jerome Bassano 1559–1635 | Fantasia (from Fitzwilliam Mu. MS 734) | |
| I N T E R V A L | ||
| Thomas Lupo 1571–1627
J. B.[assano?] Alfonso Ferrabosco II 1575–1628 |
Almain (Fitzwilliam 734) Almain (ibid) Almain (ibid) |
|
| Luca Marenzio c.1553–1599 | Talché, dovunque vò (ibid) | |
| Orazio Vecchi 1550–1605 | Saltavan ninfe, satiri e pastori
(ibid) Gitene, canzonette (ibid) |
|
| Hugh Ashton? 1485–1558 | Hugh Ashton’s maske | |
| Alfonso Ferrabosco I 1543–1588 | ‘Four note’ pavan | |
| John Bull 1562–1628 | Lord Lumley’s Galliard | |
| Giovanni Coperario 1570–1626 | Fantasia ‘Al folgorante squardo’ | |
| Peter Philips c.1560–1628 | Amarilli di Julio Romano | |
| Giovanni Ferretti c.1540–after 1609 | Un pastor chies’ ad una ninfa amore (ibid) Dolc’amorose e leggiadrette ninfe (ibid) |
|
| John Adson c.1587–1640 | Air (ibid) | |
| J.[ames] H.[arding] 1574–1626 | Almain (ibid) | |
| Anonymous | Almain 'Est ce Mars?' (ibid) | |
