Anon.
1. Kemps Jig (c. 1590- 95)
William Brade
2. & 3. Paduana & Galliard (1607)
4. Coranta (1609)
Mogens Pedersøn
5. Allen’ til dig (1620)
John Dowland
6. Aria (1621)
7. & 8. Lachrimae Pavin (1605) & Galliard to Lachrimae (1612)
9. Courante (1621)
10. Dowlands adew for Master Cromwell (1600)
11. Susanna Galliard( 1607)
Francis Pilkington / John Daniel
12. Echo & Fancy
Thomas Robinson
13. & 14. Galliard & Toy (1603)
Anon. (c. 1616)
15. La Rosignol
Anon. (1582)
16. Tempus adest
Hans Mikkelsen Ravn (Heptacordum Danicum, Copenhagen 1646)
17. Valravnen
Derby Scott (?)
18. Scott’s lamentation for Baron of Loughmore (1599)
Anon. (1582)
19. Carmen vernale
William Brade
20. Canzon. Prima-Secunda Parte (1609)
Anon.
21. Sommerens tid jeg prise vil (“Hjertebogen”c . 1555)
Th. Arbeau
22. Pavane: Belle qui tiens ma vie (1589)
23. Branle de l’Official (1589)
Gio. Coperario
24. Coperaree or Gray’s Inn (1613)
Anon.
25. The Lord Zouch’s Maske (c. 1600)
Anon.
26. Volta (c. 1600)
Nicolo Gistou (?-1609)
27. & 28. Paduana & Galliard (1609)
Mogens Pedersøn
29. Den VI. Penitenz: Psalm: Beklag’ aff all min Sinde (1620)
All items on this CD have been arranged from original sources by Consortium Hafniense
Music at Hamlet’s Castle ©
The present CD, recorded at Kronborg Castle, contains a repertoire with close connections to that location and the the court of the Danish king Christian the Fourth.
Until his unsuccesful participation in the Thirty Years’ War, Christian IV who ruled from 1588 to 1648, was one of the richest and most prosperous princes in Europe, and both his castles and his court were characterised by pomp and glory.
His court musicians included several of the most famous names of the period: John Dowland & Thomas Robinson (English lutenists), William Brade & Thomas Simpson (English violists), Darby Scott (lrish harp player) and the Flemish male alto and composer Nicolo Gistou to mention only a few.
Apart from the standard pavans and galliards, almains and corantoes the recording contains songs from Danish manuscripts and print sources. ‘Piæ Cantiones’, a Finnish school song book,
contains at least one item, Carmen Vernale, which reflect the compilers roots in Aarhus, Denmark. Mogens Pedersøn was a gifted choirboy, who was sent to Italy (Gabrieli) and London for further musical education and came back to be appointed assistant Master of the Royal Music. He set a number of Lutheran hymns in five parts and composed madrigals, motets and a mass.
The Irish harpist Darby Scott can be seen in action, together with Thomas Simpson and two unidentified musicians, (a lutenist and a flautist,) on a painting by Reinholdt Timm from the year 1622, now in The Museum of Music History, Copenhagen.
The Consortium Hafniense has chosen this particular group as its model: flute, harp, lute and bass viol together with bandora and countertenor, with the occasional addition of cittern, four
course guitar or hurdy gurdy.
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1994
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 344
EAN: 570949934402