Flanders Festival: Laus Polyphoniae

Program: #00-23 Air Date: May 31, 2000

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NOTE: All of the music on this program is from a live performance from the 1999 Flanders International Music Festival. This program is from the "Laus Polyphoniae" series in Antwerp, and features the Concordia Ensemble with I Fagiolini. For more information on travel to Flanders, or about the Festival, you may contact the Belgian Tourist Office at www.visitbelgium.com.

This program is Free for all, thanks to this generous Preservation Grant:

Preservation of this program is made possible by a generous grant in honor of Dr. Ernest Mond.

"THE CRIES OF LONDON": A Portrait of London, c. 1620; music for Sir Anthony Van Dyck's London period.

ORLANDO GIBBONS: The Cries of London
THOMAS TOMKINS: Weepe no more thou sorry boy (from "Songs of 3,4,5, & 6 parts," London, 1622).
ORLANDO GIBBONS: Fantasies 3 and 4.
THOMAS RAVENSCROFT: Who liveth so merry;
The Three ravens; Martin said to his man.
(from "Melismata, Musical Phantasies, fitting
for the Court, Citie, and Country Humours," London, 1611).
ORLANDO GIBBONS: In nomine.
RICHARD DERING: The Country Cries.
JOHN DOWLAND: Fine knacks for ladies.
[HEINRICH ISAAC: J'ay pris amours. from Metronome CD 1013].

Composer Info

ORLANDO GIBBONS, THOMAS TOMKINS, THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, RICHARD DERING, JOHN DOWLAND, HEINRICH ISAAC

CD Info

CD 1013

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