Curated by Christopher Bucknall, this programme turns to music born out of one of England's most turbulent chapters. In the upheaval of the Civil War, composers and poets found in song, for voices and instruments, a means of reflection, solace, and escape. Their music speaks with a remarkable intimacy across the centuries.

Programme
Suite for Violin, Bass Violin and Organ in A minor - William Lawes
I Rise and Grieve - Henry Lawes
Slide Soft you silver floods - Henry Lawes
A Sad Pavan for these distracted times - Thomas Tomkins
Pavan in C minor - Robert Johnson
Sweet Stay a While - Henry Lawes
Suite for Bass Viol - Tobias Hume
Variations on John Come Kiss - Thomas Baltzar
No more shall meads be decked with flowers - Nicholas Lanier
Suite from Cupid and Death - Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons

Performers
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Liz McCarthy, violin
Suzanne Heinrich, viol
Toby Carr, lute
Christopher Bucknall, organ and harpsichord

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