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The Early Music ensemble Sirinu performs a stunning collection of the brightest highlights chosen from music written and inspired by King Henry VIII’s jesters and minstrels. The jesters, also known as fools, were among the personal servants of the King’s retinue, with access to his Privy Chamber. Some, such as Will Somers, and the harpsichordist Mark Smeaton, were also his personal friends and confidants. Total time: 63:00 “Instead of concentrating on the commonly heard groupings of love songs and plaintive ballads, these four musicians also offer a generous look at the grittier, earthier side of 16th century life. The sound, from St Georges Church, Cambridge, is perfectly suited to the voices and instruments, capturing the widely varying timbres in fairly close-up, vivid detail.” David Vernier – Classics Today
One of the main themes of the Griffin label catalogue will be ‘ages of music’, from early Christian chant through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Tudors and the Stuarts later. There were two sides to Henry VIII’s musical employ-one was the trained musicians, the professional Court Composers such as Cornysh and Van Wilder, and the other consisted the “fools” or jesters who were comedians and popular singers, always at hand for the right mood, and some of whom became personal friends and confidants. This album focuses on the populist side, and features instrumental pieces, including of course, dances, and street ballads. 26 tracks display a lively variety of popular Court music as it might have been heard at Hampton Court or elsewhere in an afternoon after matters of State (and lunch in Henry’s case!) had been settled for the day. The selection includes pavans, almains, jigs and La Volta in dances, “broadside” ballads, fantasias and love songs, plus Henry’s own composition.
Ensemble Sirinu travel the world recreating this entertainment, also recording for Chandos
They consist of Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Mathew Spring and Jon Banks directs
Wolsey’s Wilde/And I were a maiden/Mt Lady Carey’s Dump/The Night Watch/ I besherew you (Cornysh)/Carol (dulcimer)/Eliza is the fairest Queen/Cittern medley/I am a jolly Foster/Votre trey dowce regaunt/We be three poor mariners/Pavan (crumhorn)/Tarleton’s Riserrectione/Poor People’s Complaint/New Oysters Street cries/Le Pied du cheval/Arthur’s Dump/Hoyda, jolly Rutterkin/Say love, if ever thou did’st find/ Daunce/Western Wind/Fantasia/Blow thy horn, hunter/La Volta/Pastime with good company/Monsieur’s almain, Kemp’s jig, Joan Sanderson, Sellenger’s Round Tudor Dance Tune Medley
Tracklist
| Track Name | Composer | Artist |
| Wolsey’s Wilde | Trad. | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| And I were a maiden | William Cornysh | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| My lady Carey’s Dump | Anon | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| The Night Watch | Anthony Holborne | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| I besherew you | William Cornysh | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Carol | Anon | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Eliza is the fairest Queen | Edward Johnson | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Medley | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring | |
| I am a Jolly Foster | William Cornysh | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Votre trey dowce regaunt | Anon | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| We be three poor mariners | pub. Thomas Ravenscroft | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Pavan | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring | |
| Tarleton’s Riserrectione | John Dowland | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| The Poor People’s Complaint | Trad. | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| New Oysters Street Cries | pub. Thomas Ravenscroft | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| “Le Pied de Cheval “ | Almande | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Arthur’s Dump | Philip van Wilder? | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Hoyda, jolly Rutterkin | William Cornysh | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Say Love, if ever thou did’st find | John Dowland | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Daunce | Anon | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Westron Wind | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring | |
| Fantasia | William Byrd | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Blow thy horn hunter | William Cornysh | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| La Volta | William Byrd | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Pastime with good company | Henry VIII | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
| Tudor Dance Tune Medley | Trad | Sirinu: Sarah Stowe, Jon Banks, Henry Stobart, Matthew Spring |
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