Phantasm Viol Consort

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Seventeenth-century England was a land of considerable political, religious, social and cultural upheaval. William Shakespeare premiered his most celebrated plays between 1600 and 1611 and died in 1616 in an artistic climate in which music occupied a privileged place at court, in the streets, in the salons of the nobility, and in theaters. Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins and William Lawes were among the prominent figures who provided the soundtrack to life in the British Isles. Their compositions, including pavanes, galliards, and fantasias (themes with variations), delighted the English audiences of their time, who would no doubt applaud the work of the Phantasm Viol Consort for their interpretative rigor and adherence to the spirit of the first quarter of the 17th century.

Program

• Orlando Gibbons: Three Fantasies a6 (MB 35, 36, 33) – (1612) 8´
• Thomas Tomkins: Two Fantasies a6 (no. 18, no. 17) (1620) 6´
• Thomas Tomkins: Pavan and Galliard a6 (1620) 5´
• William Lawes: Consort Set a6 en Si b (Fantazia, Aire, In Nomine) (1635) 9´
• Orlando Gibbons: In Nomine a5 (MB 28) 5’
• Orlando Gibbons: Three Fantasies a6 (MB 31, 32, 34) (1612) 8´
• Orlando Gibbons: Go from my Window (MB40) (1615) 4´
• Orlando Gibbons: Pavan and Galliard a6 (MB 41, 42) (1612) 5´

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