The New Band in Town 1612-1617
Gibbons - firmly established at the Jacobean Court - joins the new musical group formed by the Prince of Wales, the future Charles I.
Orlando Gibbons’s life throws a light on the political turbulence affecting Britain in the early 17th century. As King James VI and I struggled to establish the concept of British identity, his court was blessed with one of England’s most talented musicians of the time, Orlando Gibbons.
Today, Donald Macleod looks at the new musical group formed by King James’s only surviving son, the Prince of Wales, the future Charles I.
Fantasia No 1 for Two Trebles
The Rose Consort of Viols
Nay let me weep
Consort of Musicke
William Byrd
Fair Britain Isle
Gérard Lesne, countertenor
Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
Directed by Wieland Kuijken
Fantazia of Four Parts (MB 20/12)
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
O God, the king of glory
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, director
In Nomine for 5 Viols
Fantasia No. 2 for 3 Viols
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Glorious and Powerful God
See, see the word is incarnate
Fretwork
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Magdalena Consort
Peter Harvey
O Lord, in thy wrath
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Conducted by Timothy Brown
 
Produced by Iain Chambers for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Audio Wales & West
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 2 No 1
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.- NAXOS : 8.550603.
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Orlando Gibbons
Nay let me weepe
Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.- DECCA 4767227.
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William Byrd
Fair Britain Isle
Ensemble: Orlando Gibbons Ensemble. Singer: Gérard Lesne.- VIRGIN CLASSICS : VC-545264-2.
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia of Four Parts
Performer: Laurence Cummings.- NAXOS : 8.553130.
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Orlando Gibbons
O God, the King of Glory
Performer: Laurence Cummings.- NAXOS : 8.553130.
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Orlando Gibbons
In Nomine a 5
Ensemble: L’Achéron.- RICERCAR : RIC 384.
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 3 No 2
Ensemble: L’Achéron.- RICERCAR : RIC 384.
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Orlando Gibbons
Glorious and Powerful God
Ensemble: Fretwork. Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Singer: Charles Daniels. Director: Peter Harvey.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-511.
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Orlando Gibbons
See, see the word is incarnate
Singer: Simon Gallear. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Samuel Boden. Singer: Peter Harvey. Singer: Catherine King. Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-511.
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Orlando Gibbons
O Lord, in thy wrath
Choir: Clare College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- HERITAGE : HTGCD-216.
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