earlymusicTOSep 30

new look at #Tudor ballad #Greensleeves #MyLadyGreensleeves
https://youtu.be/IAHnmqSQdDw?si=HTlotRJCjiOwX-eU 9:56
Often thought of as a romantic song, assoc w #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn... first ref is 1580 during reign #ElizabethI
Actors: EloisePennycott & CallumCoates
dir TamsinLewis

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Richard deWinter
RobinJeffrey
SamBrown
AlisonKinder
#GreensleevesProject at ChurchStrettonArts Fest July2026 'WithGoldEmbroideredGorgeously'
-exh: clothes+acc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHnmqSQdDw
-wkshp: #Elizabethan embroidery&linens

earlymusicTOMay 16, 2024

An anonymous 17th C setting of James Shirley's poem, "Would you know what's soft?"

#Passamezzo ensemble
Emily Atkinson: soprano
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Richard Mackenzie: #lute

Images:
Anthony Van Dyck - Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew
Score Bodleian Library MS. Don. c. 57 f24v

From CD "Shadows, not substantial things"
https://passamezzo.bandcamp.com/album

https://youtu.be/20kp53yjJ1Q (1:30)

Passamezzo

London based early music ensemble specialising in English 16th and 17th repertoire. Early modern music, song, ballads, theatre & dance. Viols, lute, voices, violin, recorders, harp. Christmas, Elizabethan, Tudors, Stuarts Part of the intercultural project 'Shore to Shore', working with Moroccan Sufi musicians, Ensemble Mogador.

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CheshireOct 3, 2023
John Wilbye: Weep weep mine eyes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UGwjcdYzr3Q&si=c9Kzz0S-ADfUZ0UI
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John Wilbye: Weep weep mine eyes

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CheshireJan 13, 2023

"To Drive the Cold Winter Away" on YouTube https://youtu.be/NnbUPnXIQSw

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@classicalmusic
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To Drive the Cold Winter Away

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CheshireJan 6, 2023

"A Carol for Twelfth Day - Robin" on YouTube https://youtu.be/pME1J6Mzj60

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A Carol for Twelfth Day - Robin

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Artemisia VulgarisDec 15, 2022
Hey #histodons, especially #EarlyModern and #EarlyMusic folks, would you give the lovely #Passamezzo Early Music ensemble’s Youtube channel a look, and maybe subscribe? They need to raise their numbers to get some cash and their work and their channel are a joy https://www.youtube.com/@Passamezzomusic
Passamezzo

This is the youtube channel for Passamezzo, an established early music ensemble known for their ability to bring historical events to life through their engaging performances and programming. We specialize in English Elizabethan and Jacobean repertoire. If you like what you hear, do subscribe to our channel, as we hope to add more music. You can find out more about the ensemble on our website www.passamezzo.co.uk or our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Passamezzo Like so many other musicians, the Covid-19 crisis has hit us hard, with all live performances being postponed or cancelled. We will continue to share our music via this channel, and if you would like to help us create new material, please consider supporting us via Patreon - every donation, no matter how small is very gratefully received! https://www.patreon.com/Passamezzo

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