Program: #00-28 Air Date: Jun 22, 2000
NOTE: The music on this program is from the 1999 Flanders International Music Festival, from the Antwerp "Laus Polyphoniae" series. The Concord Ensemble performed a program called "No Object Dearer": Elegies for Henry, Prince of Wales (d. 1612).
This program is Free for all, thanks to this generous Preservation Grant:
Preservation of this program is made possible by a generous grant from Eric Cornish.
For information about the Flanders Festival, for travel to Flanders, and about Flemish culture, you may contact the Belgian Tourist Board at www.visitbelgium.com.
WILLIAM BYRD: Fantasy No. 3 in g minor.
JOHN WARD: "No object dearer": Elegy for Henry, Prince of Wales.
ORLANDO GIBBONS: Fantasy No. 4 a 6.
GIBBONS: "Nay, let me weepe." (from 'The First Set of Madrigals
    and Motets apt for Viols and Voyces,' London, 1612).
BYRD: Fantasy No. 2 in g minor.
BYRD: "Fair Britain Isle": Elegy for Henry, Prince of Wales.
Additional material at end of program, featuring Tragicomedia, directed by Stephen Stubbs (Hyperion CD CDA-66335):
ROBERT JONES: Farewell, fond youth.
JOHN DOWLAND: Flow my tears.
JOHN COPRARIO: In darkness let me dwell.
Composer Info
WILLIAM BYRD, JOHN WARD, ORLANDO GIBBONS, ROBERT JONES, JOHN DOWLAND, JOHN COPRARIO
CD Info
CD CDA-66335
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