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Orlando Consort

Location: 2010 Gloucester : Programme : Thursday 12 August : Orlando Consort

Orlando Consort

11am Cheltenham College Chapel (Event No 44)

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Orlando Consort

Pyamour, John
Trouluffe, John
Dunstaple, John
Forest, John
Lambe, Walter
Plummer, John

English Music
Early Music
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Orlando Consort

At the end of the Middle Ages and in the early years of the Renaissance, English composers and musicians, led by such figures as John Dunstaple, Leonel Power, and Walter Frye, were respected as being the very best in Europe. Not only this, but their work had a major influence on their European contemporaries in a manner that was not to be repeated until the era of the Beatles.

Yet frustratingly little of the music in question has survived; decay, war, and politics from the time of King Henry VIII onwards devastated the work of previous centuries. A few royal manuscripts survived along with pieces that had already been copied into foreign sources – most notably at Italian ducal courts – but the music that remains today represents only a tiny fraction of what was clearly an enormous body of work.

Remarkably, however, some music considered to have been lost forever has re-emerged in recent years. The parchment upon which it was written was considered too valuable to be burnt and was instead used for such varied tasks as lining shoes, wrapping fish, and binding new books. It is from uncovering these books that fragments have emerged to provide a tantalizing glimpse of this lost musical world.

Today’s concert features an outstanding portrait of 15th century English music and features grand motets that gloriously illustrate the genius of the direct forebears of Taverner, Sheppard, Tallis and Byrd.

“What glorious music it is! Every piece is involving in some vital way, so often one wonders, ‘How come I’ve not heard that before? Acknowledged ‘masterpieces’ rub shoulders with works by near-complete unknowns, but invention is sustained at a high level. I’ll wager that even connoisseurs of this ‘rare’ repertory have surprises in store for them here; and I cannot see how the general listener can fail to be seduced.” Gramophone Magazine.  

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