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Music for Charles II at Windsor Castle

Lucie Skeaping visits Windsor Castle, where Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures Desmond Shawe-Taylor shows her some of the rooms, art and music associated with King Charles II.

Lucie Skeaping visits Windsor Castle, where the current Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures Desmond Shawe-Taylor guides her through some of the rooms, art and music associated with the reign of King Charles II and Queen Catherine.

Music by Matthew Locke, John Blow, John Jenkins, Henry Lawes, Richard Mico and Henry Purcell is performed by thirteen young musicians from London's Royal College of Music, brought together by the RCM's Chair of Historical Performance, Ashley Solomon.

59 minutes

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Sun 16 Feb 2020 14:00
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Music Played

  • Richard Mico

    Pavan a 4

    Ensemble: Royal College of Music Recorder Consort.

  • Anonymous

    Paul's Steeple

    Performer: Augustin Cornwall-Irving. Performer: Danny Murphy.

  • Matthew Locke

    Suite for a consort of viols

    Ensemble: Royal College of Music Consort of Viols.

  • John Hingston

    Fantasia for 3 bass viols

    Ensemble: Royal College of Music Consort of Viols.

  • Henry Purcell

    4 part Fantasia in B flat major, Z.736

    Performer: Royal College of Music Consort of Viols.

  • Matthew Locke

    4 movements from the Suite in C major

  • John Blow

    Mortlack's ground

  • Henry Purcell

    Ground in D minor

  • John Jenkins

    Fantasia Suite No 5

    Ensemble: Royal College of Music Recorder Consort.

  • John Jenkins

    Corant & Saraband

    Ensemble: Royal College of Music Recorder Consort.

  • Henry Lawes

    Persuasions to enjoy

    Performer: Augustin Cornwall-Irving. Performer: Danny Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • Pelham Humfrey

    Sleep downy sleep

    Performer: Augustin Cornwall-Irving. Performer: Danny Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • Matthew Locke

    A diaolgue between Thirsis and Clorinda

    Performer: Augustin Cornwall-Irving. Performer: Danny Murphy. Singer: Jessica Cale. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • John Blow

    Venus and Adonis: Saraband and ground

    Performer: Augustin Cornwall-Irving. Performer: Danny Murphy. Ensemble: Royal College of Music Recorder Consort. Ensemble: Royal College of Music Consort of Viols.

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  • Sun 16 Feb 2020 14:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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