The King's Delight (for Charles II)
From the Dancing Master, John Playford, 1665

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLnFl_zVRSk&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Orlando Gibbons: Nunc Dimittis

From George Wither's The Hymnes and Songs of the Church, 1623.

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: violin, alto
Peter Willcock: bass

Image: Rembrandt - Presentation at the Temple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l57BE5qD86w&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Christmas Lamentation/Christmas is my name.
A 17thC broadside ballad, complaining about the lack of charity at Christmas.

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNuQiv-3RQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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William Lawes: Think not I could absent myself this night

A dialogue between Eunomia (goddess of law) and Irene (goddess of peace) from James Shirley's court masque, The Triumph of Peace, 1634

Emily Atkinson: Eunomia (soprano)
Richard de Winter: Irene (tenor)
Peter Willcock: bass
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: violin, alto
Keith McGowan: flute
Richard Mackenzie: lute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0wTjEWnaO8&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Thomas #Weelkes: Come Sirrah Jack Ho
A #madrigal praising the perceived virtues of #tobacco. From Ayeres or phantasticke spirites, 1608

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhHV-u8fwMo&ab_channel=Passamezzo

Turn Amaryllis, to thy swain: Thomas Brewer's setting of a song from James Shirley's play, Love Tricks, or The School of Complement, c1625.
From Catch that catch can (John Playford, 1667)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-1P2KLQ9BY&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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The Glory of the Kitchen
An anonymous 17th Century 'country dance' from John Playford's Dancing Master, 1665.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

Image :Pieter Aertsen - The Fat Kitchen, c1565-75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPn75xFUWs&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Here Comes My Lord Mayor
17th Century songs for the Lord Mayor's Show

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6 January is the feast of the #Epiphany, so here is Vidimus Stellam, an early #17thCentury #motet for the day by William #Byrd, from #Gradualia, 1607.

Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol

Vidimus stellam in Orientem, et venimus cum muneribus adorare Dominum.
We have seen a star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.

Image: Leonardo da Vinci - Adoration of the Magi, c1481 (Uffizi Galleries)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS0w42S4s&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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