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York Early Music Festival - Alamire

Live from York Minster Chapter House, Adam Tomlinson presents the Alamire consort under David Skinner performing Anne Boleyn's Songbook at the 2016 the York Early Music Festival.

David Skinner directs the Alamire consort, performing Anne Boleyn's Songbook, live at the York Early Music Festival

Presented by Adam Tomlinson
Live at York Minster Chapter House

Anne Boleyn's Songbook: Music and Passions of a Tudor Queen

Alamire:
directed by David Skinner
Camilla Harris & Kirsty Hopkins, sopranos
Helen Charlston, alto
Nick Todd & Simon Wall, tenors
Greg Skidmore & Tim Whiteley, baritones
Rob Macdonald & Tom Flint, basses
Jacob Heringman, lute
Kirsty Whatley, harp

Anne Boleyn, the most notorious of Henry VIII's six wives, was brought up under the guardianship of Margaret of Austria - patron to some of the most famous composers in all of Europe - and then in the French court, where a collection of her favourite music was assembled in a book that she probably kept until her execution in 1536. Alamire explores the contents of this collection, which includes works by some of the greatest composers of the early 16th century: Comp猫re, Brumel, Mouton and Josquin. The programme concludes with a haunting setting of O Deathe Rock Me Asleep, possibly linked to Anne's fate as she awaited her execution in the Tower of London.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Jean Mouton

    Tota Pulchra Es

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    Gentilz Galans Compaingnons

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Choir: Alamire.
  • Anonymous

    Fer Pietatis Opem Miseris Mater

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    Forte si dulci Stigium boantem

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    Maria Magdalena et altera Maria

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    Forte si dulci Stigium boantem

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Antoine Brumel

    Sicut lilium inter spinas

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Claudin de Sermisy

    Jouyssance vous donneray

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Performer: Kirsty Whalley.
  • Anonymous

    Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Camile Saens-Sans

    Divertisment

  • Josquin des Prez

    Stabat mater dolorosa

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    Venes regrets, venes tous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Performer: Kirsty Whalley.
  • Mouton

    In illo tempore

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Antoine de F茅vin

    Tempus meum est ut revertar

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    O virgo virginum

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Praeter rerum seriem

    Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
  • Anonymous

    O Deathe rock me asleep

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Performer: Kirsty Whalley.
  • Richard Strauss

    4 Symphonic interludes from "Intermezzo" (Op.72)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Strauss - Ein Heldenleben etc..
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Neuer Liebeslieder=Waltzer

    Performer: James Levine.

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Jul 2016 19:30