English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble – Echoes of Venice

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
Intonazione
Canzon 18 a5
Sonata 12 a3
Toccata et ricercare cromatica
Sonata undecima a 2 violini e 2 bassi
Salvum me fac per basso solo
Variata per il solo violino
Canzon a5

Song of Songs
Canzon undecima a4
Ciacona a2
Partita Sopra la Romanesca
Canzon 16 a5 (sopra La Monica)
Io son ferito ahi lasso

Lieto Godea a8

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

Claudio Merulo (1533- 604)
Claudio Merulo
Claudio Merulo
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Marco Uccellini (1610-1680)
Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (?-1642)

Emily White and Sam Haywood
Giovanni Picchi (1571-1643)
Annibale Gregori (?-1633)
Salamone Rossi (1570-1630)
Ottavio Bargnani (c.1570-after 1627)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
diminutions by G.B.Bovicelli
Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554-1612)