Lawes etc; AAM/Egarr; R3 in Concert, Thurs 2/11/17

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Following the recent discussions about William Lawes (and last Saturday's BaL on Dowland), Forumistas might be interested in a rare chance to hear his Fantasia a 6 in C in Thursday evening's Live broadcast of the Academy of Ancient Music's concert from the Milton Court Concert Hall in the Barbican. Richard Egarr directs this "mostly-English" programme, also including works by Purcell, Arne, Blow, and Handel's Cuckoo & Nightingale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c09k0

[BBMmk2]

Oh thanks for the thumbs up here Ferney! Looking to listen to more of this period in the future.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh thanks for the thumbs up here Ferney! Looking to listen to more of this period in the future.

I didn't know that Lawes and Dowland were part of the AAM's repertory - but see that they've recorded Gibbons, Byrd, and Castello.

[MickyD]

I didn't know that Lawes and Dowland were part of the AAM's repertory - but see that they've recorded Gibbons, Byrd, and Castello.

There was a 1978 set for the Folio Society called 'The Armada Years', where the AAM did the English music and Hesperion XX did the Spanish. And of course Christopher Hogwood recorded Byrd and Gibbons on the harpsichord.

[ardcarp]

I didn't spot the Lawes discussion under last week's BAL thread (has it been deleted?) but he is a fascinating figure. He took viol consort writing to a new level...some would say up a blind alley...but I love my Fretwork version of sets for 5 & 6 parts (with Paul Nicholson, organ) on the Virgin Classics label. William Lawes was an interesting figure, a favourite of Charles I, who in his status as a personal servant was required to accompany his monarch to Civil War battles. He was not a combatant, but was 'casually shot' by a Parliamentarian at one such engagement.

I love Purcell's Fantasias for viols too. Another late flowering of an almost extinct medium.

[vinteuil]

There was a 1978 set for the Folio Society called 'The Armada Years', where the AAM did the English music and Hesperion XX did the Spanish.

... que voici :

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There was a 1978 set for the Folio Society called 'The Armada Years', where the AAM did the English music and Hesperion XX did the Spanish.

Many thanks, Micky - now that would be a CD (re)issue I would certainly acquire.

And of course Christopher Hogwood recorded Byrd and Gibbons on the harpsichord.

Indeed - some of those recordings on the big box Bryn linked to. I'd previously thought that the AAM ensemble/orchestra was "reserved" for Music written between (roughly) Purcell and Beethoven - really looking forward to hearing how they perform Lawes and Dowland.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I didn't spot the Lawes discussion under last week's BAL thread (has it been deleted?) but he is a fascinating figure.

My bad, ardy - the Dowland discussion followed the BaL, but the Lawes discussions appeared on the What Baroque/Early/etc Music Are You Listening To? Thread - begun by Richard Barrett.

Do you know Geoffrey Hill's final collection of poems, Clavics, by any chance? The sequence was inspired by Lawes' (as you say) fascinating life - and his even more remarkable Music, of course.

[Richard Barrett]

My bad, ardy - the Dowland discussion followed the BaL, but the Lawes discussions appeared on the What Baroque/Early/etc Music Are You Listening To? Thread - begun by Richard Barrett.

Do you know Geoffrey Hill's final collection of poems, Clavics, by any chance? The sequence was inspired by Lawes' (as you say) fascinating life - and his even more remarkable Music, of course.

Is it possible to move the relevant posts into a Lawes thread?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Is it possible to move the relevant posts into a Lawes thread?

No sooner said than ...

(Do you know Hill's Clavics at all, Richard?)

[Richard Barrett]

No sooner said than ...

(Do you know Hill's Clavics at all, Richard?)

Thank you sir. And no, I have no idea at all what that is.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And no, I have no idea at all what that is.

Geoffrey Hill's final poem sequence, which I've been delighting in, baffled by, infuriated with and generally chewing over since February. I'll post an example or two on the "Poetry" Thread - I love the way it plays with simple, "traditional" features of rhyme and regular meter (as if cocking a very eloquent snook at critics of free verse), and the outrageous puns - but is so rich in allusion and so elusive in "meaning". A response to features and ideas he discovered in Lawes' Music and life.

https://enitharmon.co.uk/product/clavics-geoffrey-hill/

[vinteuil]

Geoffrey Hill's final poem sequence, which I've been delighting in, baffled by, infuriated with and generally chewing over since February. I'll post an example or two on the "Poetry" Thread - I love the way it plays with simple, "traditional" features of rhyme and regular meter (as if cocking a very eloquent snook at critics of free verse), and the outrageous puns - but is so rich in allusion and so elusive in "meaning". A response to features and ideas he discovered in Lawes' Music and life.

https://enitharmon.co.uk/product/clavics-geoffrey-hill/

... o you tempter you -

http://amzn.eu/7sYcPXl

( I might invest 1p plus p&p ]
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[Richard Barrett]

http://amzn.eu/7sYcPXl

( I might invest 1p plus p&p ]

Surely it's worth splashing out for the hardback!

But seriously fg, that looks like something I'd be very interested in looking at, thanks for the tip.

[ardcarp]

Do you know Geoffrey Hill's final collection of poems, Clavics, by any chance?

No...but thanks for the nudge. I'll delve at once.