George Herbert's The Pulley
Saturday 14 April 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Catherine Bott plays music to illustrate the themes in George Herbert's short, meditative poem The Pulley.
Playlist
Lawes: Aire for lyra viol
Fretwork
Virgin Classics VC5451472
Track 23
John Hilton: Hymn to God the Father
James Bowman / Jane Coe / Robert King
United 88002
Track 5
Jenkins: The bell Pavan
Hesperion XX
Astree E8724
Track 1
Morley: Now is the month of May
Kings Singers
EMI CDC 7492652
Track 4
Anon: John come kisse me now (lute setting)
Paul O'Dette
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907265
Track 5
Campion: Beauty since you so much desire
Robin Blaze / Elizabeth Kenny
Hyperion CDA 67268
Track 18
Jenkins: Fantasy 17 in C
Phantasm
Avie AV2120
Track 4
John Hilton: Fair Oriana, beautie's queen
I Fagiolini / David Miller
Chandos Chan 0682
Track 28
Jenkins: Pavan1 in G (extract)
Phantasm
Avie AV2120
Track 15
Holborne: The Honiesuckle
Fretwork / Christopher Wilson
Virgin Classics VC7907062
Track 1
Campion: The peaceful western wind
Rachel Elliott / Mark Padmore / Peter Harvey / Nigel North / Concordia
Linn CKD105
Track 2
Byrd: Will you walk the woods soe wylde
Christopher Hogwood
L'Oiseau Lyre 430 484-2
CD 2 Track 10
Jenkins: Fantasia: All in a garden green
Rose Consort of Viols
Naxos 8550687
Track 5
Anon: This merry pleasant spring
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Channel Classics CCS 9196
Track 11
Byrd: O Lord how vain are all our frail delights
Barbara Bonney / Phantasm
Decca 4661322
Track 8
Jenkins: Fantasy 3 in C
Phantasm
Avie AV2099
Track 8
Ward: Retire my troubled soul
Amaryllis Consort
IMP PCD873
Track 14
Campion: Never weatherbeaten sail
Michael Chance / Concordia
Linn CKD105
Track 25
Catherine Bott also adds:
"My thanks to David Pinto for sharing his knowledge of George Herbert's cultural background, and to Dr. David Skinner, Director of Music at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, for alerting me to a valuable article about George Herbert and John Jenkins by Vincent Duckles (Musical Quarterly 1962)."
