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Birds on Fire: Jewish Musicians at the Tudor Court | Harmonia Mundi HMU907478

Birds on Fire: Jewish Musicians at the Tudor Court

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMU907478

Barcode: 0093046747824

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 30th June 2008

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Contents

Artists

Jeremy Avis (cantor)
Fretwork

Artists

Jeremy Avis (cantor)
Fretwork

About

In this fascinating new recording, Fretwork, "the finest viol consort on the planet" (London Evening Standard), illustrates the genuinely cosmopolitan atmosphere which prevailed at the English court of Tudor and Stuart monarchs.

Although the unconverted Jews had been banished from the Kingdom since 1290, England's musical life between 1550 and 1650 was virtually monopolised by the crypto-Jewish dynasties of the Bassano and Lupo families of composers and performers.

Adding a contemporary echo, the programme includes the first recording of Birds on Fire by Orlando Gough (born 1953). One of the UK's most important composers for ballet, dance and theatre projects, here Gough found his inspiration in the work of klezmer musicians and in part based his piece on traditional tunes known as 'Kandel's Hora' and 'Odessa Bulgarish'.

Performing on Renaissance and Elizabethan instruments, the members of Fretwork are joined by cantor Jeremy Avis for a pair of Hebrew liturgical settings penned by Salvatore Rossi (d. 1630).

Orlando Gough was a founder member of the bands The Lost Jockey and Man Jumping. He writes music mostly for the theatre - operas, plays, dance pieces, music-theatre and directs The Shout, an extraordinary choir of diverse soloists.

Since its London debut in 1986, the viol ensemble Fretwork has become established both as a leading force in early music and an inspiration to contemporary composers; its repertoire spans the entire English consort tradition, including songs and verse anthems, alongside music from 16th and 17th-century Europe, as well as new works written especially for the consort. Fretwork performs and broadcasts regularly in the UK and has toured widely in many countries.

"Birds on Fire, inspired by Aharon Appelfeld's 1980 novel "Badenheim 1939," ... gives the viols a haunting, drone-like energy, at once melancholic and driven." - The Observer

Contents:
- Orlando Gough: Birds on Fire [1]
- Salamone Rossi: Hashkivénu
- Pieces from the Lumley Part Books: Desperada, Pavana, Gallyard, Seconda Desperada
- Albert Kellim:, of Venice? Pavin & Gallyard of Albarti; Terza Desperada
- Leonora Duarte: Two Sinfonias in 5 parts: No.5, No.6, Octave toni (sopra Sol mi fa la sol)
- Thomas Lupo: Fantasia in 6 parts No.1
- Orlando Gough: Birds on Fire [2]
- Phillip van Wilder: Fantasia con pause e senza pause
- Thomas Lupo: Pavan in 3 parts No.26, Fantasia [Air] in 4 parts No.5, Fantasia in 6 parts No.9
- Augustine Bassano: Pavan & Galliard No.1: Pavan, Galliard
- Hieronymus Bassano: Fantasia no.1;
- Joseph Lupo: Pavana a 5
- Thomas Lupo: Fantasia in 6 parts Nos.4 & 11
- Orlando Gough: Birds on Fire [3]
- Salamone Rossi: Shir hamma'alót [Psalm 128]

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