Nicholas Lanier was the first Master of the King’s Music and just possibly the greatest British composer you’ve never heard of. On this edition of Baroque&Before, we’ll join this lutenist, courtier and musical adventurer on a voyage across Europe for a tale of elegance, innovation and simply ravishing sounds. Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music travel with Lanier from the corridors of the Stuart court to Antwerp, Milan and Venice, encountering the music of Sweelinck, Frescobaldi and Leonora Duarte, as well as Monteverdi himself.
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A 17th-Century Musical Travelogue
Playlist
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
Anna Dennis, soprano; Thomas Walker, tenor; Jessica Gillingwater, soprano; Martha McClorinan, alto; Jimmy Holliday, bass
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Lamento d’Arianna, SV. 22
Anna Dennis, soprano
Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666)
Sinfonia; No more shall meads (Love’s Constancy)
Robert Ramsey (ca 1590-1644) arr. Lanier
In Guilty Night
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Recercar settimo (‘sopra sol, mi, fa, la, sol’)
Stephen Farr, organ
Leonora Duarte (1610-1678)
Sinfonia No. 6
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Poi che voi non volete ch’io vi baci
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Un jour vis un foulon
Claudia Francesca Rusca (1593-1676)
Sacri Concerti à 1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi: Canzona prima á 4 (‘La Borromea’)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Cruda Amarilli
Tobias Hume (ca 1579-1645)
Captain Humes Musicall Humors: Harke, Harke, No 11; Captain Humes Pavan, No. 47
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba
Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Sonata Quarta per sonar com due corde, Op.8
Persephone Gibbs, violin
Francesca Caccini (1587-1641)
Lasciatemi qui solo
Nicholas Lanier
Hero’s Complaint To Leander
Anna Dennis, soprano
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Tirsi e Clori
Anna Dennis, soprano; Thomas Walker, tenor
ARTISTS
Academy of Ancient Music; Laurence Cummings, director & harpsichord
Anna Dennis, soprano; Thomas Walker, tenor