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Love Bade Me Welcome
Songs and poetry from the Renaissance
James Bowman, Daniel Taylor (counter-tenors), Frances Kelly (harp), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Mark Levy (gamba), Ralph Fiennes (recitation)
Countertenor Daniel Taylor - the ensemble's artistic director - has a sweet, supple voice which complements James Bowman's darker, plangent sound. Lute, viol and harp are sensitively played...
Love Bade Me Welcome
Songs and poetry from the Renaissance
James Bowman, Daniel Taylor (counter-tenors), Frances Kelly (harp), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Mark Levy (gamba), Ralph Fiennes (recitation)
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Countertenor Daniel Taylor - the ensemble's artistic director - has a sweet, supple voice which complements James Bowman's darker, plangent sound. Lute, viol and harp are sensitively played...
About
This programme has been devised by Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music to present the idea of love as painted by poets and composers between 1560-1630. The musicians are joined by critically acclaimed Shakespearean actor Ralph Fiennes who recites poems by Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Thomas Campion and others. These poems intersperse a collection of songs, duets and instrumental pieces by Dowland, Robert Jones and Robert Johnson.
Contents and tracklist
Work length4:09
- James Bowman, Daniel Taylor, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length1:33
- James Bowman, Daniel Taylor, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
George Herbert:
Love
Work length1:12
- Ralph Fiennes
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length2:25
- James Bowman, Daniel Taylor, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length1:37
- Frances Kelly
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length1:41
- James Bowman, Daniel Taylor, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
William Shakespeare:
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
Work length1:10
- Ralph Fiennes
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length1:56
- James Bowman, Elizabeth Kenny
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Walter Raleigh:
In the grace of wit, of tongue, and face
Work length1:22
- Ralph Fiennes
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length3:42
- James Bowman, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Flow, my tears, fall from your springs
Track length3:42
William Shakespeare:
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
Work length1:13
- Ralph Fiennes
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Work length6:30
- Daniel Taylor, Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Jonson:
Slow, slow, fresh fount
Work length1:00
- Ralph Fiennes
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
anon.:
Zouch his march
Work length2:13
- Frances Kelly, Elizabeth Kenny
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Dowland:
Book of Songs, Book 3, Say, Love, If ever thou didst find
Work length1:48
- James Bowman, Elizabeth Kenny
- Theatre of Early Music
- Recorded: February, March 2004
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London, England, United Kingdom
Say, Love, If ever thou didst find
Track length1:48
Awards and reviews
February 2006
Countertenor Daniel Taylor - the ensemble's artistic director - has a sweet, supple voice which complements James Bowman's darker, plangent sound. Lute, viol and harp are sensitively played by Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Levy and Frances Kelly, providing aptly soft voiced accompaniments for this most intimate of repertoires. ...if this beguiling music is not enough to seduce the ear, Ralph Fiennes's measured, thoughtful recitations surely will. A haunting collection...
