En 1645, en pleine guerre civile anglaise, William Lawes est tué lors du siège de Chester. Sa disparition à 43 ans fut une tragédie pour le monde musical. Robin Pharo à la tête de son ensemble propose pour la première fois en Belgique, l’oeuvre inventive et audacieuse de ce compositeur méconnu du 17e siècle avec notamment ses sublimes psaumes pour trois voix et basse continue et ses Harp consort.
A poignant tribute to the innovative composer William Lawes, whose life was tragically cut short during the English Civil War. This concert showcases Lawes' Harp Consorts, early works for harp, alongside his Choice Psalmes, highlighting the beauty and inventiveness of his compositions.
Programme
William Lawes,
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Music, the master of thy art is dead
Harp consort n° 9 in D Major, Pavin on a them by Cormacke
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, My God my rock, regard my cry (arrangement pour clavecin seul)
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Judah in exile wanders
Harp consort n° 5 in D Major, Alman
Harp consort n° 5 in D Major, Saraband
Harp consort n° 4 in D minor, Coranto
Whiles I this standing lake
Love I obey (diminution on the song Can Beauty’s spring)
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, O sing unto the Lord a new song
Harp consort n° 11 in D minor, Fantazy
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Ne irascaris
Harp consort n° 10 in G minor, Paven on a them by Coprario
Choice psalms put into musick for three voices:
How Long will thou forget me, O Lord, for ever ?
Come, sing the great Jehova’s praise
Harp consort n° 8 in G Major:
Paven
O my Clarissa
Program
William Lawes,
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Music, the master of thy art is dead
Harp consort n° 9 in D Major, Pavin on a them by Cormacke
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, My God my rock, regard my cry (arrangement pour clavecin seul)
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Judah in exile wanders
Harp consort n° 5 in D Major, Alman
Harp consort n° 5 in D Major, Saraband
Harp consort n° 4 in D minor, Coranto
Whiles I this standing lake
Love I obey (diminution on the song Can Beauty’s spring)
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, O sing unto the Lord a new song
Harp consort n° 11 in D minor, Fantazy
Choice psalmes put into musick for three voices, Ne irascaris
Harp consort n° 10 in G minor, Paven on a them by Coprario
Choice psalms put into musick for three voices:
How Long will thou forget me, O Lord, for ever ?
Come, sing the great Jehova’s praise
Harp consort n° 8 in G Major:
Paven
O my Clarissa