PROGRAM
Fretwork and Emma Kirkby, soprano
Musick for a While: The songs of Elizabethan composer William Byrd marry text and music with both superb delicacy and emotional intensity. This week, one of the greatest living interpreters of Byrd's songs, soprano Emma Kirkby, joins forces with the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork for several of them, along with others by Purcell, Gibbons, and Dowland. Listen in for a truly transporting hour. "Sometimes when I hear music from this period," says Bill McGlaughlin, "I think music never really got any better. There's nothing like it."
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MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- John Dowland: Shall I strive with words to move
- John Wilbye: Ne reminiscaris
- Orland Gibbons: Now each flow'ry bank of May
- Henry Purcell: Musick for while
- Anthony Holborne: Heart's Ease
- Anthony Holborne: The Fairy Round
- Mr. Picforth (first name unknown): In nominee
- Henry Purcell: Fantasy
- William Byrd: Constant Penelope
- William Byrd: In nominee
- William Byrd: O that most rare breast
- William Byrd: Browning
- William Byrd: Though Amaryllis dance in green
MIXED COMPANY
Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Artist profile: Fretwork and Emma Kirkby
