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Words with Lawes

BBC Radio 3
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The 17th-century English composer William Lawes wrote no madrigals, yet his viol consorts are full of the passionate and changeable expressiveness of the vocal music of his time. Anthony Rooley introduces the fruits of an experiment in which the Consort of Musicke create vocal works from Lawes's extraordinary and beautiful instrumental compositions. Repeat

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Unknown:
William Lawes
Introduces:
Anthony Rooley
Source: Radio Times

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