Colin Tilney (Italian harpsichord, Flemish virginal) English virginal music

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SiDE ONE William Byrd: Pavan and Galliard 'Tregian' The various inscriptions "Treg." or "Ph. Tr." that occur seveial times in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book presumably refer to the manuscript's compiler, Francis Tregian, a Cornish Catholic who spent the years 1609-1619 in the Fleet prison, although why these parti~ula r pieces should be so marked is not clear. 'Tregiah' is one of themost appealing of Byrd's many pavan and galliard pairs, the pavan radiating that lovely serenity that is a special treasure in his music. Both dances are in the usual three parts, with varied repeats. Anon.: Upon La Mi Re From British Museum Add. MS 29996; probably before 1550 and possible by Thomas Preston. A three-note ostinato, A- E- D (La Mi Re in the natural hexachord) is syncopated at the fifth higher, E- B- A (La Mi Re in the hard hexachord). The sheer cleverness of this idea yields only to the sheer beauty of the accompanying tune. ' John Bull: In Nomine no. 9 The countless English instrumental In Nomine's all derive from part of Taverner's Mass on Gloria Tibi Trinitas, that section of the Benedictus sung to the words 'In nomine Domini'. In the ninth of his twelve settings, 'Bull makes miraculous use of the plainsong: each note is 'Iaid out in the bass as a foundation for eleven crotchets (4+4+3). In the last section, for greater' brilliance, these twenty-two quavers change proportionally to thirty-three, but the mathematics can be forgotten in the onward roll of this tremendous masterpiece. Orlando Gibbons: Ground in A Gibbons, "the best hand in England", here avoids all display, but the simplicity of this short set of variations on a harmonic ground cannot disguise his mastery. In particular, the final variation has tha t heartbreaking elegance that we find so often in Mozart. Giles Farnaby: 'Woody-Cock' Almost alone among the virginalist composers, Farnaby held no professional organ post - in fact he was a joiner by trade - , and it is perhaps this secular emphasis that has contributed to the deserved popularity of his many shorter pieces, 'Woody-Cock', however, is a success of another kind: a serious, extended set of variations that uses virtuoso techniques, 'not for their own sake, but to contrast as much as possible with the exquisite. melancholy, repeated tune .

[@highmedic2351]

This is great music to smoke weed to. This music saved me from bad tripping on mushrooms.

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🙂. I think this recording is highly praised in the medical world to relax the nerves, especially when the doctors like harpsichord music.

[@Muminblues]

¡Hermoso regalo de Reyes, gracias por compartir esta belleza musical con el mundo!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Once again - a magnificent upload :-D Nice to hear 'My Grief' at the speed I take it at, rather than the rather more mournful pace taken by Pinnock.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Hasta mañana ya esterde buenas noches.

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SIDE TWO Peter Philips: Pavan and Galliard 'Dolorosa' Marked "Treg." and dated 1593. The 'dolorous' character of the music stems from a short prison . sentence that the Catholic Philips served that year in Holland, accused of plotting against Elizabeth. Hugh Aston: Hornpipe From British Museum MS R. App. 58; circa 1540. A celebrated and original early exampl.e of idiomatic harpsichord style, possible a record. ed improvisation. William Byrd: Fantasia in A With its proportional division of the semibreve into first four, then. six and finally nine units' and its obsession with cross-rhythms, Byrd's magnificent fantasy shares ' common ground with the two vast Felix Namque settings of his teacher, Tallis, but the tunefulness and unending variety ar.e Byrd's own. . John Bull:. My Grief; Two Almans in D Bull was o'rganist of Antwerp Cathedral from 1611-1628 and must often have played on Ruckers virginals. Anon.: Chi Passa A popular Italian tune in an English setting from the so-called Dublin Virginal Manuscript (C.1570). In this piece I add the arpicordum - little metal hooks which jar against the bass and tenor strings. COLlN TILNEY

[@bartomiejbednarz778]

Wonderful. Have You got Robert Veyron-Lacroix album on pedal harpsichord with music of Rameau. Heard once on the radio and it was great.

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I can imagine but unfortunately I do not have that one although I love the pedal harpsichord, especially for repertoire that otherwise only can be played on the organ.

[@HenryBertolucci]

17:55 Orlando Gibbons Ground in A >> 16:55 *

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Thanks, I have corrected 17:55 to 16:55 in the index of tracks.

[@AmphiStuG]

I too speak English and am a virgin!

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Give it another try at Google translate :-(

[@mark-j-adderley]

Lots of wriggling and shaking, lots of expressions, and saying: “Look at me”.

[@paulcaswell2813]

As written in the music. If you know the virginalists, there is hardly an undecorated note to be found. It there's too much 'wriggling', blame it on the composers, not the player...

[@Hamstray]

perhaps there is something wrong with you