A Legacy Reborn 1620-1625
By 1623 Orlando Gibbons had consolidated his position as the leading musician in the land, but there was considerable turmoil in the court.
Orlando Gibbons’s life throws a light on the political turbulence affecting Britain in the early 17th century. As King James VI and I struggled to establish the concept of British identity, his court was blessed with one of England’s most talented musicians of the time, Orlando Gibbons.
Today, Donald Macleod looks at the considerable turmoil in the royal court, whilst Gibbons consolidated his position as the leading musician in the land.
Fantasia No 1 for the Great Double Bass
The Rose Consort of Viols
Fantasia No 2 a 6
The Hunt's Up (Peascod time)
Phantasm
The Second Service (Morning): Te Deum
Peter Harvey, baritone
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Fretwork
Bill Ives, conductor
Fantasia No 4 a 6
Attacca Quartet
The Cryes of London I & II
Theatre of Voices
Fretwork
Paul Hillier, director
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
Oxford Clerks
David Wulstan, director
Produced by Iain Chambers for BBC Audio Wales & West
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia No 1 for the Great Double Bass
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 6 No 2
Ensemble: Phantasm.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
The Hunt's Up (Peascod time)
Ensemble: Phantasm.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
Second Service (Te Deum)
Choir: Magdalen College Oxford Choir. Conductor: Bill Ives. Ensemble: Fretwork.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 6 No 4
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
The Cryes of London
Ensemble: Fretwork. Director: Paul Hillier. Ensemble: Theatre of Voices.![]()
Orlando Gibbons
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
Choir: Clerkes Of Oxenford. Conductor: David Wulstan.
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