Remarks:
The political intrigue of the early 17th century culminated with the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the beginning of the Commonwealth led by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Thomas Tomkins, the greatest composer of that age, wrote a pavan for "these distracted times" shortly after the King's execution. This CD provides a mixture of Tomkin's church and chamber music that soothed troubled souls during these turbulent years. The recording was made in the chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where Cromwell was a student and where his severed head remains.Reviews
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Tomkins, Thomas : Pavans (9) a 5 :: no 1
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
Tomkins, Thomas : Hear my prayer, O good Lord
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
Tomkins, Thomas : The Heavens Declare
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1668
Tomkins, Thomas : Fifth Service :: Te Deum
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Fancy
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Fifth Service :: Jubilate
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : O Lord, how manifold are thy works
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
Tomkins, Thomas : Pavans (9) a 5 :: no 7
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : I am the resurrection :: I heard a voice from heaven
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 17th Century
Tomkins, Thomas : Fifth Service :: Magnificat
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Pavan "for these distracted times"
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Fifth Service :: Nunc dimittis
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Pavans (9) a 5 :: no 8
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : Remember me, O Lord
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tomkins, Thomas : When David heard
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1622
Tomkins, Thomas : My shepherd is the living Lord
- Performer: Jamal Sutton (Organ)
- Ensemble: Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge
- Notes: : David Skinner.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
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