Thomas Morley Aprill is in My Mistris Face (Instrumental)

Thomas Morley (ca. 1558 - 1602)
Aprill is in My Mistris Face (April is in My Mistress' Face)
from Madrigals to 4 voyces, Book 1 (1594)
Performed on a broken consort of viola da gambas and recorders by hiro watanabe on 30 Apr. 2022

[@radiofreeburgundy]

Absolutely delightful!! Sublime Sprezzatura finish...Magnifico!!!

[@hirowatanabe1960]

Thank you for watching ! I would be very happy if you could feel like the spring air :)

[@radiofreeburgundy]

@@hirowatanabe1960 Well, Summer Sauna hath calmed her steamy brow, and now, Fair Autumn doth soothe our shores with her sweet cool breath. Verdant foliage bursts out in radiant hues of orange, red and yellow, crying "Hark! Hark! 'Tis the Time of Harvest Moon, when bonnie Lads and Lasses reap what Merry Spring hath sown. In other words, get to work, boys! We've got about six weeks before the weather starts getting screwy, and before Thou knoweth, The Winter of Discontent shall descend upon us; Her Hawkish Wind breathing ice from the very pits of Hell itself. (Yes, Hell really is frozen over. See Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri, 1300). Then it's time for Bears and their little babies to hibernate. At least that's how we roll here in the Tabard, Jimmy's, Nookie's, or whatever dive I'm writing this from right now. Flourish, exeunt omnia.

[@satorimystic]

Quite lovely. Thank you, so much. Your expression through wind and string conveys your reverence and love so well. Always a joy to listen, again and again :)

[@hirowatanabe1960]

Thank you always for watching and comments. Though it might not be easy to convey what is expressed in music through playing instruments, it fascinates me :)

[@satorimystic]

@@hirowatanabe1960 Nothing worth expressing thusly is easy, but fascinating and curious, to be sure.

[@corneliaippers603]

Wonderful! Your collection of instruments is very impressive.
Would you tell us more about them? E.g. are they modern copies of historical originals from a museum, or after written knowledge, who made them etc.

[@hirowatanabe1960]

Thank you for watching !
The recorders are made by Mr. Boudreau, a Canadian recorder maker, after Ganassi's model.
I do not know the original models of these viola da gambas, but two of them, tenor and bass viols are made by Mr. Sakamoto, Shimokura-gakki, Japan.