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Hope is a walk through a flowering meadow. One does not require that it lead anywhere. Enjoy Purcell Almand from Suite Z 661.
16:35 UTC
Baroque Meditation
With the help of folks here I made a Spotify playlist based around historically informed performance and selected transcriptions and interpretations, called Baroque Meditation. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions and recommendations, any feedback is welcomed!
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William Byrd - Fatansia in A minor
20:47 UTC
Bach - Sarabande (French Suite 5, BWV 816), arranged for organ - Poblet, Hauptwerk
19:01 UTC
Johann Friedrich Alberti - O lux beata Trinitas (3 Verses)
18:59 UTC
One of my favorite Dowland pieces
15:05 UTC
Martin Davids and David Yearsley on 17th century music
22:50 UTC
Le Badinage (arr. for theorbo) - Marin Marais - Luís Abrantes
My arrangement of the mysterious and contemplative rondeau "Le Badinage", originally written for viola da gamba by Marin Marais.
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Help identify what I think is a Renaissance piece
When I was much younger my parents had a phone/fax machine that had a distinctive melody for the hold music. Some years later I was in college taking a music history class and recognized the piece in my textbook. I have never been able to find the piece since but I believe the composer was a contemporary of Palestrina. The opening is very similar to what is shown in the photo if not precisely exact. I've been trying to find this again for over twenty years so at this point so any help is appreciated.
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Buxtehude - Befiehl dem Engel daß er komm', BuxWV 10
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Hope is a walking dream. Purcell Prelude Suite Z661
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Schneider - Praeludium & Fuge G-Dur / G Major
19:24 UTC
Altos you're the highest voice on this one
19:46 UTC
Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. Enjoy Purcell Minuett from suite Z660
05:48 UTC
Oldest Polyphonic Requiem Mass?
https://youtu.be/1Wvqw9D7OPw?si=VsABiaxrz1Ra9vOF
I believe this might be the oldest surviving polyphonic setting of the Requiem Mass from what I've read.
04:42 UTC
Chorale Prelude "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - Stralsund, Hauptwerk
15:29 UTC
O what it is to love - Dallis Lute Book - Luís Abrantes
A very short and easy piece from the Dallis Lute Book which is also present on page 4 of the "58 Very Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute", an edition of the Lute Society. A good piece for beginners who are learning to play the renaissance lute.
17:31 UTC
Key in Early Music Recordings
Here is a recording of Johann Pachelbel's Magnificat in D. However the recording sounds like Db. This is something I've noticed with recordings of Early Music where the recording is in a key half a step lower than written. Why is this?
15:19 UTC
Knecht - Chorale Prelude "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" - Bätz organ, Den Haag, Hauptwerk
18:03 UTC
Buxtehude Fugue, BuxWV 174
Glad I discovered this forum. Just heard this piece by Buxtehude earlier today.
23:50 UTC
UK/London concert recommendations 2025
Hello 👋 does anyone have any concert recommendations for this year and/or any good newsletters / sites to follow to keep up to date? Ideally in UK/London but if something big of note outside would be willing to travel. I struggle to find live performances so hoping there is a niche forum (outside of this sub?) that advertises relevant early/renaissance/baroque shows. Even small churches or universities I’d be willing to visit to hear live! I prefer less choral focussed early music but would be happy with anything from that era.
18:37 UTC
Bach - Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, BWV 755
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Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. Enjoy Purcell Courant from Suite Z660.
10:53 UTC
A Toy (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) - Kirchner Organ, Kiedrich, Hauptwerk
18:37 UTC
Movie where boy sings “The Hunt is Up”
I remember seeing a movie set in tempore Henry VIII, in which someone is in bad odor with the King. At a banquet, a boy walks up to this man’s chair and sings “The Hunt is Up”, after which two men-at-arms seize the man and walk him off, presumably to his doom. Does anyone recall the name of the movie?
20:52 UTC
Fantasia (FVB 108), by Dr. John Bull (1562-1628), performed here by Kit Armstrong for Deutsche Grammophon!
16:57 UTC
Curent - Rowallan Manuscript - Luís Abrantes
A short and lovely Curent (Courante) from the Rowallan lute manuscript, in F major, for 8c lute
19:27 UTC
🔴 La Volta, William Byrd
Byrd, but it's hurdy gurdy !
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“I attempt from love's sickness to fly.” — Henry Purcell. Enjoy Purcell Allmand from Suite in G Major Z 660
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