Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York

Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York

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Total playing time [76:47]

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The Ebor Singers
Paul Gameson (conductor)

York-based chamber choir, The Ebor Singers, with their director Paul Gameson, make their Resonus Classics debut with an album of works inspired by the English Civil War and, in particular, the 1644 Siege of York.

Based around the 'York' psalms of William Lawes, this fascinating recording features a programme of music that may have been performed in York's historic minster around this time of huge political, social and religious upheaval, with music from William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, John Hutchinson, William Child, John Wilson, Henry Lawes and George Jeffreys.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

William Byrd (c. 1539/40-1623)
1. O Lord, make thy servant Charles

William Lawes (1602-45)
2. Psalm 100: All people that on earth do dwell

John Hutchinson (d. 1657)
3. Behold how good and joyful a thing it is

William Lawes
4. Psalm 6: Lord, in thy wrath reprove me not

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
5. O God, the proud are risen against me

William Lawes
6. Psalm 18: O God, my strength and fortitude
7. See how Cawood’s dragon looks
8. Psalm 67: Have mercy on us, Lord

William Child (1606-97)
9. O Lord God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance

William Lawes
10. Psalm 22: O God, my God
11. Music, the master of thy art is dead

John Wilson (1595-1674)
12. My God, my King, incline thine ear

Henry Lawes (1595-1662)
13. A Funeral Anthem

George Jeffreys (c. 1610-85)
14. How wretched is the state

Thomas Tomkins
15. Sad Pavan: for these distracted times
for solo organ

Matthew Locke (c. 1621-74)
16. How doth the city sit solitary

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'They are a perfectly balanced group of twenty-three male and female singers, directed by Paul Gameson, the many solo passages showing their high individual quality. David Pipe adds weighty organ accompaniment. A beautiful disc 
in fine sound quality from the Resonus label.'

- The Yorkshire Post

'The Italianate chording of George Jeffreys’s How Wretched Is The State was immaculately smooth, and the soprano soloists – Moira Johnston and Katherine Harper – were fluent in Matthew Locke’s verse anthem, How Doth the City Sit Solitary. But the pièce de résistance was Tomkins’s splendid eight-voice setting of Psalm 86, O God, The Proud Are Risen Against Me.'
The York Press (5 stars)

'They are a perfectly balanced group of twenty-three male and female singers, directed by Paul Gameson, the many solo passages showing their high individual quality. David Pipe adds weighty organ accompaniment. A beautiful disc 
in fine sound quality from the Resonus label.'
The Yorkshire Post

'I enjoyed this attempt to bring the Civil War and Siege of York into musical context'
BBC Radio 3 Record Review

'This is a thoughtfully compiled programme of little-known but interesting repertoire, some of which has specific York connections [...] The choir sing with unanimity and a good blend'
Early Music Review

'[...] a very imaginative production [...] a fascinating historical document as well as a wonderful listening experience'
Lark Reviews

Credits
© 2017 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2017 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10194
Producer: Matthew Bennett
Engineer: David Rose
Executive Producers: Adam Binks & Paul Gameson
EAN: 5060262790991