Shakespeare's plays: Holborne's The Fairie Round (Fairy-round, Voyager Record), Voices of Music
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2015
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Anthony Holborne's "The Fairie Round," performed on original instruments, from Holborne's collection published in London in 1599. HD Video from the Voices of Music "Great Poets" concert, January, 2015.
The dances of the fairies figures prominently in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream:
Come, now a roundel and a fairy song;
Then, for the third part of a minute, hence;
Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds,
Some war with rere-mice [bat] for their leathern wings,
To make my small elves coats, and some keep back
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders
At our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep;
Then to your offices and let me rest.
[The Fairies sing]
You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;
Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong,
Come not near our fairy queen.
Philomel, with melody
Sing in our sweet lullaby;
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby....
The Fairie Round was selected for inclusion on the Voyager Golden Record, which was launched into space in 1977. The 1977 version is unusual in that unlike the other early music selections on the Golden Record, it was performed on original instruments by David Munrow, one of the pioneers of the Early Music revival. Our version is based on Holborne's original print of 1599. This lively dance is scored in five parts, and Holborne's title reads "Pavans, Galliards, Almains, and other short Aeirs both grave and light, in five parts, for Viols, Violins, and other Musical Wind Instruments." These instruments would have been used in matched consorts, or mixed together in "broken" consorts, as it is performed here. For this performance, we used smaller, early style bows and the violins are held "off the chin."
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The Musicians (left to right)
Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder
Carla Moore, baroque violin
Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque violin
Lisa Grodin, baroque viola
Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba
David Tayler, archlute
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Just superb. I do so love your playing and your connection; no airs and graces; no frills or attempts to break world speed records - just music as should be heard...……………….. Perfect!!
Thank you very much! Stay safe.
How inspiring and symbolic it is to show an image of a large and colorful galaxy, a zillion suns to 'wrap up' the videos...
What a delightful arrangement of my favorite hemiola-laced tune!
Perfect performance. I sometimes play this piece in schools; we have great fun asking the kids to imagine aliens dancing to it...!
Bravo bravissimo
I can easily imagine the lovely bancing of angels
Exquisite 450 years ago. Exquisite now. This version is sublime. Have you heard David Mubrow and The Early Music Consort of London's version? Pure heaven
i love how the theorbo player plucks those chords with big flourish!
He's a great musician.
Isn't this just magical!
Pure bliss!
Have you ever heard.anything soooo beautiful?
Going to pizzicato in the final iterations of the theme is well thought; hadn't heard it done so before. Again, well played.
Lovely! Thank you for playing and posting this.
Thrilling performance, wonderful music that I'm actually hearing for the first time.
Welcome to the discovery of Praetorius :)
@@amacuro And Holborne! ;-)
Exquisite. This is the music of heaven
Thanks so much...it was fun to film this piece.
Shut your eyes and you’d swear you were in the vast Court of Whitehall in late 16th century England. Glorious music, almost heavenly in its beauty.
My Lord Oxford would have delighted in this music!
Please put it on spotify :)
good .. i love it
Very nice :) I enjoyed this a lot.
PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT!
très mélodieux
Can I find the sheet music for this arrangement anywhere?
Any musicians here ever try writing a "Round"?
Indeed!
It is difficult to do. I have failed on several occasions. =)
What's the lute type instrument? Just a different type of lute with drone strings, or can they be played as a harp?
+tallthinkev It's a big lute, and you can play all the strings.
+Voices of Music Cheers
That's a theorbo.
Actually an "archlute" -- also a bass lute from about the same period as the theorbo, but a bit smaller and the tuning is more conventional (non-reentrant)
Archlute
When they say "original instruments" do they mean ones from the 17th century?
Either the surviving ones baroque ones, or copies of ones in museums with the original setup.