The English Orpheus - A Series of English Discoveries

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Album Summary

Performers

• Andrew Burden (Tenor)
• Timothy Roberts (Spinet)
• Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
• Timothy Roberts (Fortepiano)
• Sally Jackson (Bassoon)
• Julia Gooding (Soprano)
• Paul Nicholson (Fortepiano)
• Ana-Maria Rincon (Harp)
• Christopher Purves (Bass)
• Frances Kelly (Harp)
• Bronwen Mills (Soprano)
• Paul Nicholson (Organ)
• Jane Streeton (Soprano)
• Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Paul Nicholson (Harpsichord)
• Red Byrd (Theorbo)
• Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Henry Wickham (Baritone)
• Oliver Johnston (Treble)
• Philip Cave (Tenor)
• Ruth Holton (Soprano)
• Peter Holman (Organ)
• Timothy Jones (Bass-Baritone)
• Rufus Müller

Conductors

• Goodman, Roy
• Higginbottom, Edward
• Hill, David
• Holman, Peter
• Music], John Scott [Choral
• Nicholson, Paul
• Scott, John [Organ]

Ensembles

• Locatelli Trio
• Opera Restor'd
• Parley of Instruments

Composers

• Thomas Linley (The Younger) (1756 - 1778)
• William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• John Jenkins (Baroque Composer) (1592 - 1678)
• Augustine Bassano (circa 1525 - 1604)
• Turlough O'Carolan (1670 - 1738)
• William Shield (1748 - 1829)
• James Hook (1746 - 1827)
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
• Peter Philips (16th cent. Composer) (1561 - 1628)
• John Stanley (18th cent. Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Thomas Weelkes (1575 - 1623)
• Robert Johnson (Renaissance Composer 2) (circa 1583 - 1633)
• Capel Bond (1730 - 1790)
• William Jackson (Composer) (1730 - 1803)
• Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)
• Orlando Gibbons (17th cent. Composer) (1583 - 1625)
• Thomas Roseingrave (1688 - 1766)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Matthew Locke (circa 1621 - 1677)
• John Blow (Composer) (1649 - 1708)

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Works Details

Locke, Matthew : Curtain Tune, for string orchestra, in C major

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Peter Holman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1678

O'Carolan, Turlough : O'Carolan's Favorite Jig (a.k.a. "Mary O'Neill")

• Performers: Timothy Jones (Bass-Baritone); Peter Holman (Organ); Andrew Burden (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Music]
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Johnson, Robert (II) : Satyr's Dance for ensemble (doubtful)

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: John Scott
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Blow, John : Morlake Ground, for keyboard

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Timothy Roberts (Spinet)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Shield, William : 'Tis only no harm to know it, you know

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Emma Kirkby (Soprano); Timothy Roberts (Fortepiano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Bond, Capel : Concerti (6) in seven parts :: Concerto No 06 in B flat major

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Sally Jackson (Bassoon)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto

Younge, Thomas Linley (The : So spake the god. . . There in old Arden's inmost shade

• Performers: Julia Gooding (Soprano); Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Paul Nicholson
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Hook, James : Concerto for keyboard in D major, Op 1/06 :: Andante

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Paul Nicholson (Fortepiano)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto

Jackson, William : Where the bee sucks, Op 11/6 (after Thomas Arne)

• Performers: Julia Gooding (Soprano); Ana-Maria Rincon (Harp); Peter Holman (Organ); Christopher Purves (Bass); Rufus Müller; Frances Kelly (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Boyce, William : Tell me, lovely shepherd

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Bronwen Mills (Soprano)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Arne, Thomas Augustine : Keyboard Concerto no 4 in B flat major :: Giga

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Paul Nicholson (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1787

Dibdin, Charles : The Ephesian Matron; or, The Widow's Tears, a comic serenata :: So, there she lies upon the floor...If

• Performers: Jane Streeton (Soprano); Peter Holman (Organ); Bronwen Mills (Soprano)
• Conductor: Peter Holman
• Ensemble: Opera Restor'd
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1769

Purcell, Henry : Trumpet Tune ("Cibell") for harpsichord in C major, ZT 678

• Performers: Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet); Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Peter Holman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Philips, Peter : Tu es Petrus, motet for 8 voices

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: David Hill
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

Philips, Peter : Aria del Gran Duca Ferdinando di Toscana, for consort in 5 parts

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Paul Nicholson (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Gibbons, Orlando : Fantasia a 3 (Music for the Double Bass), no 1, MB16

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Jenkins, John : Fantasia-Air Set, for 3 parts no 2 in A minor, MB78/12 (VdGS Group 7, no 2) :: Fantasia

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 16th Century

Blow, John : Salvator mundi

• Performers: Red Byrd (Theorbo); Peter Holman (Organ); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

Arne, Thomas Augustine : Solo [Sonata] for violin & continuo in E major

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Ensemble: Locatelli Trio
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1744

Stanley, John : Concerto in Seven Parts, for strings no 2 in B minor, Op. 2/2 :: Concerto No 02 in B minor

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1742

Locke, Matthew : Jesu auctor clementie, motet for 3 voices, 4 strings & continuo

• Performers: Henry Wickham (Baritone); Peter Holman (Organ); Oliver Johnston (Treble); Philip Cave (Tenor)
• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1678

Thomas Roseingrave : Voluntary in G minor

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Paul Nicholson (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Bassano, Augustine : Pavan and Galliard for 5 instruments

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Weelkes, Thomas : O Jonathan, woe is me, sacred madrigal for 6 voices

• Performer: Peter Holman (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Clarke, Jeremiah : Come, Come Along for a Dance and A Song, ode :: And see, Apollo has unstrung his lyre...,Mr. Purcell's

• Performers: Peter Holman (Organ); Ruth Holton (Soprano)
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque