What Is Our Life? 1583-1603
Gibbons’s early life in Cambridge and Oxford, amidst Britain’s political turbulence.
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 Gibbons’s early life in Cambridge and Oxford, where he grew up amongst a highly musical family. But it was Orlando who blazed the trail, making the jump from provincial music-making to the royal court in London.
The Silver Swan
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
O clap your hands
Out of the Deep
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, director
A Fancy (for Double Organ)
Jonathan Hardy, organ
Behold, thou hast made my days
We praise thee, O Father
Magdalena Consort
Fretwork
Peter Harvey, director
What Is Our life?
Rudolfus Choir
Ralph Allwood, conductor
I am the resurrection
Hosanna to the Son of David
Stile Antico
How art thou thralled
Farewell all joys
Now each flowery bank of May
Consort of Musicke
Produced by Iain Chambers for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Audio Wales & West
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Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- COLLEGIUM RECORD : CSCD 502-.
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Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands
Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- NAXOS : 8.553130-.
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Orlando Gibbons
Out of the Deep
Choir: Oxford Camerata. Director: Jeremy Summerly.- NAXOS.
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Orlando Gibbons
A Fancy for Double Organ
Performer: Jonathan Hardy.- HARMONIA MUNDI : hmu-907337.
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Orlando Gibbons
Behold, thou hast made my days
Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork. Director: Peter Harvey.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-511.
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Orlando Gibbons
We praise thee, O Father
Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork. Director: Peter Harvey.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-511.
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Orlando Gibbons
What is our life?
Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.- Signum SIGCD 445.
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Orlando Gibbons
I am the resurrection
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMU-807555.
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Orlando Gibbons
Hosanna to the Son of David
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMU-807555.
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Orlando Gibbons
How art thou thrald; Farewell all joys
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke.. Director: Anthony Rooley.- DECCA 4767227.
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Orlando Gibbons
Now each flowery bank of May
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke.. Director: Anthony Rooley.- DECCA 4767227.
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