Anne Boleyn’s Songbook: Music and Passions of a Tudor Queen
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Label: Obsidian
Cat No: CD715
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 11th September 2015
Contents
Works
Fer pietatis opem miseris materForte si dulci Stigium boantem
Gentilz galans compaingnons
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Maria Magdalena et altera Maria
O Death, rock me asleep
O virgo virginum
Popule meus quid feci tibi
Venes regrets, venes tous
Que est ista
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Paranymphus
Liber generationis
Praeter rerum seriem
Stabat mater dolorosa
Tempus meum est ut revertar
In illo tempore
Tota pulchra es
Joyssance vous donneray
Artists
Clare Wilkinson (voice)Jacob Heringman (lute)
Kirsty Whatley (harp)
Alamire
Conductor
David SkinnerWorks
Fer pietatis opem miseris materForte si dulci Stigium boantem
Gentilz galans compaingnons
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Maria Magdalena et altera Maria
O Death, rock me asleep
O virgo virginum
Popule meus quid feci tibi
Venes regrets, venes tous
Que est ista
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Paranymphus
Liber generationis
Praeter rerum seriem
Stabat mater dolorosa
Tempus meum est ut revertar
In illo tempore
Tota pulchra es
Joyssance vous donneray
Artists
Clare Wilkinson (voice)Jacob Heringman (lute)
Kirsty Whatley (harp)
Alamire
Conductor
David SkinnerAbout
Anne Boleyn is without doubt the most famous of Henry VIII’s six wives. She was brought up for a time under the guardianship of Margaret of Austria, who was patron to some of the most famous composers in all of Europe, and then in the French court before her return to England in 1522.
It was in France where the young Anne developed her keen musical tastes, and when a collection of her favourite works began to be assembled into what is now known as the Anne Boleyn Songbook (Royal College of Music, MS 1070). The book probably remained in her possession until her execution in 1536, when she was accused of adultery with no less than five men including her own brother, George, and lutenist Mark Smeaton.
Here Alamire explores the finest works in the Songbook by the greatest composers of the early 16th century, including Compère, Brumel, Mouton and Josquin. Performances by Alamire are interspersed with French chansons and instrumental items for lute, harp and voice.
The programme concludes with a most haunting setting of ‘O Deathe rock me asleep’, not from the Songbook but possibly linked to Anne’s fate while awaiting her execution in the Tower of London.
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