What you’ll hear and see
The music
- John Walsh Pauls Steeple (The Division Flute)
- John Playford On the Cold Ground (The English Dancing Master) The Queen's Delight (The English Dancing Master) Lady Catherine Ogle (The English Dancing Master)
- Giles Farnaby Giles Farnaby's Dreame His Rest. Galiard His Humour
- Orlando Gibbons The Lord of Salisbury His Pavin
- Nicola Matteis Diversi bizzarie (Ayres) Sarabanda amorosa (Ayres) Scaramuccia (Ayres)
- John Playford The New Minuet (Musick's Hand-Maid) Digby's Farewell (Musick's Hand-Maid)
- Johann Jakob Froberger Suite N° 30 en la mineur (a-moll)
- Matthew Locke Pavan Almand Courant
- John Blow Morlake's Ground
- Compositeur anonyme The Satrys Masque, Symphony, Adsonns Masque, Cupararee or Graysin
- William Lawes Sarabande (Musick’s Hand-Maid)
The artists
- Meike Herzig recorder
- Anne-Catherine Bucher harpsichord, commentary
The combination of a small, lively flute
of multiple origins and influences with a harpsichord evokes the splendours of the Court’s Symphonies and Antimasques, but also the disarming bluntness of the Ayres, melodies from the remote English countryside. The Masques were related to the sumptuous dances of noble patrons in disguise, who created allegorical performances and dances in the presence of the royal family, while the anti-masques were burlesque and satirical.
On-site catering available
