orlando gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) belongs to the generation of English composers that followed that of William Byrd, forty years his senior, who had died in 1623. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, where his elder brother was Master of the Choristers, and later became a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, which he served as an organist and to which he later added the position of organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote music for the Church of England, madrigals, consort music and keyboard works. According to several interviews, he was also Goulds favorite composer (even if he alternated with JS Bach).

Orlando Gibbons(1583-1625) - "This is the record of John" From "With a Merrie Noyse" (2003/harmonia mundi) Second Service & Consort Anthems The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford Bill Ives-Director Jonathan Hardy-Organ With Rogers Covey-Crump-Countratenor Steven Harrold-Countratenor Peter Harvey-Baritone Stephen Connolly-Bass & Fretwork

Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) belongs to the generation of English composers that followed that of William Byrd, forty years his senior, who had died in 1623. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, where his elder brother was Master of the Choristers, and later became a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, which he served as an organist and to which he later added the position of organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote music for the Church of England, madrigals, consort music and keyboard works.

Sing unto the Lord is a Verse anthem of the continuous type that is, the chorus does not repeat any of the text of the previous solo section. By it's very nature this motet is penitential much like the psalmist Byrd in this motet implores the mercy of God, and asks exclaiming that God's anger is only momentary. Towards the end of the motet the Tenor and Bass sing interweaving what profit is there in their blood, and ask shall the dust praise thee, shall it declare joy, and thereafter imploring God's mercy.

The Choir of the 2008 Wells Tudor Music Course sing the Magnificat from Orlando Gibbons' "Short Service" as part of a Choral Evensong in Wells Cathedral. Conducted by Richard Smith.

"The silver swan" The Hilliard Ensemble

Gibbons taste whilst composing his madrigals was for English poetry. What is our life is a fine example it is believed to have been written by Sir Walter Raleigh on the eve of his execution in 1618, a parody of words on the play of life before that which must end all life.

Musical Season of Cappella Enrico Stuart - 12nd April 2008 at Chiesa del Gesù in Frascati. THE ORATORY SINGERS directed by Peter Litman. Angela Giddins, Sally MacLean - Soprano Christiane Litman - Alto Tim Clifford Hill - Counterteonr Ian Williams, Dirk Riezebos - Tenor Jamie MacLean, Graham Cooper - Bass If you like this video and want really help us sustaining our musical association, please do a donation at our bank account: Associazione Musicale Karl Jenkins - Banca Popolare di Sondrio, Agenzia di Grottaferrata. IBAN: IT55A0569639140000012254X20 - SWIFT: POSOIT22 Many thanks!

Orlando Gibbons(1583-1625)~Hosanna to the Son of David From "I heard a voice-The music of golden age"(2007) With music by Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons & Thomas Tomkins Choir of King´s College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury

The music of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), to later words by the Reverend HRBramley (1833-1917), sung by the choir of Canterbury Cathedral, with soloists Kenneth Stiles, Peter Giles, and Duncan Perkins, with David Flood (organ), and directed by Allan Wicks. Filmed in the Cathedral during 1986.

This motet like many is a verse anthem of the continuous type that is, the chorus does not repeat any of the previous text of the solo section. Composed in the year 1616 probably at Westminster Abbey. This miniature Life of Our Lord was obviously an inspiration to the composer, for the narrative is imbued with some of his finest music. Particularly the "baroque" flourish at the end to the words "and heaven laid open to sinners." In this anthem was a baroque declamation, perfect in syllable and accent, which was nevertheless reconciled with the Renaissance polyphonic texture. This English characteristic, of "clothing the hare in tortoise-shell" shows why it was Gibbons who influenced the next generation of Purcell, rather than the opera, which for long failed to gain a foothold on the music of the English Island.

Singers from the 2008 Wells Tudor Music Course sing the Nunc Dimittis from Orlando Gibbons' "Short Service" as part of a Choral Evensong in Wells Cathedral. Conducted by Richard Smith

Gustav Leonhardt, claviorganum, Matthias Griewisch (2001)

Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) belongs to the generation of English composers that followed that of William Byrd, forty years his senior, who had died in 1623. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, where his elder brother was Master of the Choristers, and later became a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, which he served as an organist and to which he later added the position of organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote music for the Church of England, madrigals, consort music and keyboard works.

Nordic Choir sings at Homecoming 10-10-10, Luther College, Center for Faith and Life, Decorah, IA, Dr. Allen Hightower, Conductor

Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan Rose Consort of Viols & Red Byrd

Glenn Gould plays his favorite composer Orlando Gibbons

recording session in the dorpskerk, Mijnsheerenland (NL), 2007

Orlando Gibbons "Fantasy in C major" & "Allemande (Italian Ground)" Glenn Gould - Piano Photos: Winter Scenes around Highham near Rochester, England. Photos taken by Frank, Belgium Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) Orlando Gibbons belongs to the generation of English composers that followed that of William Byrd, forty years his senior, who had died in 1623. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, where his elder brother was Master of the Choristers, and later became a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, which he served as an organist and to which he later added the position of organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote music for the Church of England, madrigals, consort music and keyboard works. Church Music Gibbons wrote some forty anthems. Of these the verse anthem This is the record of John is one of the best known. The verse anthem, a peculiarly Anglican form of church music, contrasts a solo voice with passages for full choir. The eight-voice full anthem O clap your hands is a fine example of another form of anthem, without the use of solo voices. Other full anthems include Hosanna to the son of David and Lift up your heads, while the Christmas anthem Behold, I bring you glad tidings, with Glorious and powerful God and Sing unto the Lord, o ye saints, are fine examples of the verse anthem. Secular Vocal Music The most famous of all the madrigals Gibbons wrote is The Silver Swanne, included in the only collection published by the composer, The First Set of Madrigals and ...

Michael Maxwell Steer performs Gibbons' most famous Pavan(e) & Galliard. This coupling of slow & fast dances was popular all over Europe from c1540 to c1650, after which they were superseded by Louis XIV's fashion/passion for the Allemande & Courante. Robert Cecil, created Earl of Salisbury, was Elizabeth's leading minister and patron of William Byrd as well as Gibbons. To get a further glimpse into this world visit my BBCr3 programme about Thomas Coryate msteer.co.uk The harpsichord is a flemish model made in 1996 by Michael Ellis-James, believed to be from a Delin kit. For more about Michael Maxwell Steer visit msteer.co.uk

Collegium Vocale Köln, Wolfgang Fromme The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: "Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise." The song was published in Gibbons' First Set of Madrigals and Motets of 5 parts (1612).

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Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 - 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Dainty, Fine Bird (1612) The Cambridge Singers conducted by John Rutter One of the most versatile English composers of his time, Gibbons wrote a quantity of keyboard works, around thirty fantasias for viols, a number of madrigals (the best-known being "The Silver Swan"), and many popular verse anthems. His choral music is distinguished by his complete mastery of counterpoint, combined with his wonderful gift for melody. Perhaps his most well known verse anthem is This is the record of John, which sets an Advent text for solo countertenor or tenor, alternating with full chorus. The soloist is required to demonstrate considerable technical facility at points, and the work at once expresses the rhetorical force of the text, whilst never being demonstrative or bombastic. He also produced two major settings of Evensong, the Short Service and the Second Service. The former includes a beautifully expressive Nunc dimittis, while the latter is an extended composition, combining verse and full sections. Gibbons's full anthems include the expressive O Lord, in thy wrath, and the Ascension Day anthem O clap your hands together for eight voices. He contributed six pieces to the first printed collection of keyboard music in England, Parthenia (to which he was by far the youngest of ...