The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Sample past programmes

Buccinate
Music from 17th Century Europe
Gagliarda a due tromba detta del Coppoli

Fantini

Pavane 'El Bisson'
Canzona a 6
Buonamente
Fantasia a 6 William Byrd
 Misarere a 4 for Organ William Byrd
'Frais et Galliard' Giovanni Bassano (after Clemens non Papa)
Ricercar del Duodecimi Tuono Andrea Gabrieli
Canzon XX Samuel Scheidt
'Wolsey's Wilde' for Organ William Byrd
'Suzanne ung Jour' Francesco Rognoni (after Lassus)
Canzon III Giovanni Gabrieli
Galliard Battaglia Samuel Scheidt
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The King's Musick
Royal Winde Musick of England

Alamande Anon
Taunder naken, Katzenfote, En vray amoure King Henry VIII
Fantasia in D Orlando Gibbons
In nomine Robert White
Voluntary in A Matthew Locke
Almaine 'The night watch' Anthony Holborn
Pavan Anthony Bassano
Almande Giles Farnaby
Galliard 'The Fairie round' Anthony Holborn
Two Courtly Masquing Ayres John Adson
Fantazia a 6 William Byrd
Voluntaries in G Henry Purcell
Suite for the Royal Sagbuts and Cornetts Matthew Locke
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The King's Musick
Music at the English Court Through The Ages

Henry VIII (1509-47)
Pastime with Good Company / En Vray amoure Henry VIII
The Kyng's Pavyn Anon
Laudate nomen Domini Christopher Tye
In nomine John Tavener
How suld my febill body fure Anon (1545)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
King's Hunt John Bull
Rejoice in the Lord always Anon. (C16)
Verily, verily I say unto you Thomas Tallis
Fantasia William Mundy
Nolo mortem peccatoris Thomas Morley
The Queen's Alman Thomas Morley
La Malvezza Antonio Mortaro
James I (1603-25)
Ave verum corpus William Byrd
The Royal Wind Music Anon
The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons
Phillis, I fain would die now Thomas Morley
INTERVAL
Charles I (1625-49)
Two Courtly Masquing Ayres John Adson
Keyboard Suite John Blow
Salvator Mundi John Blow
Charles II (1660-85)
Suite from Music for His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts (1661) Matthew Locke
Keyboard Suite Matthew Locke
The Purcell Years - James II
(1685-88) & Mary II (1688-94)
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Henry Purcell
I was glad Henry Purcell
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Italia in Albion
Italian Music in English Manuscripts

Da Pacem Alexander Agricola (c.1445-1506)
Lasso vita mia, mi fa morire John Dowland (?1563-1626)
Pavan no.6 Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1626)
The doubtful state / La cara rosa Thomas Whythorne (1528-1626)
Come not thy mind to heaviness / El Stendardo Thomas Whythorne
Chi la gagliarda donna vo impare Anon
Of needefull things that oft disgrace Thomas Whythorne
Quoniam tu domine Ferrabosoco
Tocatta Giovanni Picchi (fl. 1620)
Three Canzonets Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558-1617)
Dolce, mia vita John Coprario (1575-1626)
Soe Gratiuos Anon (Durham Manuscript)
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The Music of Witternberg at the time of the Reformation

A Pre-Lutheran Mass sequence with additional Lutheran hymns and instrumental works.Music from the Jena choirbooks and the publisher Georg Rhau.

Fanfare For the Stadtpfeiferei
Introit Salve sancta Purens (Jena choirbooks)
Kyrie Jena
Gloria Jena
Collect Peur natus est nobis (Sixtus Deitrich?)
Epistle Vivo ego, dicit Dominus (Ludwig Senfl)
Credo (Balduim Hoyoul)
INTERVAL
Sonata Based on plainchant (Anon)
Lord's Prayer (Mattheus Le Maistre)
Alleluia Virga Jesse Jena
Sequence Jena
Communion Hymns Beata Viscera, (Jena) Jesus Christus
Unser heiland (Hoyoul)
Processional Ein Kindeline so lobelich
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Blasermusik
German 'Stadtpfiefer' Music

Three Intradas from the Hora Decima collection Johann Pezel
Fantasia a 5 Heinrich Schutz
Dances from Taffel-Consort Thomas Simpson
Suite from Banchetto Musicale Johann Schein
Sonata 'Als ich einmal Lust bekam' Johann Vierdanck
Sonata from the Hora Decima collection Johann Pezel
Sonata from Vier und Zwantzig Nueu Quatricinia Gottfried Reiche
Galliard Battaglia Samuel Scheidt

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