Saturday 30 May, 7pm
St Thomas Church, Lymington

Cornetts and sackbuts conjure up the sound of 16th- and 17th-century Venice: the beautiful and still-powerful city that was home to Europe’s finest musicians. This introduction to a lost world brings to life music that echoed around St Mark’s, entertained nobility in palaces on the Grand Canal, or was performed in the winding streets and open campi of this captivating city. 

The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument group with a host of distinguished recordings to its name. In addition to regular recital work, the ensemble collaborates with leading vocal ensembles such as I Fagiolini, The Tallis Scholars, Alamire, Resurgam, The Marian Consort, Westminster Cathedral Choir, and is a regular at major festivals. As of October 2022 ECSE is also Ensemble in Residence at Holy Sepulchre, London, the National Musicians’ Church.

Programme STC

Canzon 23 a5                                                                   Claudio Merulo (1533- 604)
Intonazione                                                                       Claudio Merulo
Canzon 18 a5                                                                   Claudio Merulo
Sonata 12 a3                                                                     Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Toccata et ricercare cromatica Girolamo        Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Sonata undecima a 2 violini e 2 bassi                 Marco Uccellini (1610-1680)
Salvum me fac per basso solo                                 Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Variata per il solo violino                                           Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Canzon a5                                                                          Giovanni Battista Buonamente (?-1642)
Interval
Song of Songs Emily White and Sam Haywood
Canzon undecima a4                                                   Giovanni Picchi (1571-1643)
Ciacona a2                                                                        Annibale Gregori (?-1633)
Partita Sopra la Romanesca                                   Salamone Rossi (1570-1630)
Canzon 16 a5 (sopra La Monica)                        Ottavio Bargnani (c.1570-after 1627)
Io son ferito ahi lasso                                                Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
                                                                                               diminutions by G.B.Bovicelli
Lieto Godea a8                                                             Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554-1612)

Adrian France, sackbut
Tom Lees, sackbut
Emily White, sackbut
Gawain Glenton, cornett
Conor Hastings, cornett
Andy Harwood-White, bass sackbut
Silas Wollston, organ