A Short Walk from London to Venice adapted by MIKE STEER from THOMAS CORYATE 'S Crudities
Thomas Coryate (1577-1617), honorary fool in the household of James I's eldest son, was a gentleman from Somerset who could not resist travel. In 1608 he walked and rode through Northern Europe to the city 'which yieldeth the most glorious and heavenly shew upon the water that ever any mortal beheld.'
Music of the countries and period by Farnaby, Galeazzo, Gauthier, Marenzio, Picchi,
Titelouze, and Valente played by MIKE STEER on the Baffo spinet and Italian harpsichord (c 1600), the Ruckers harpsichord (1612) and the Hatley Virginals (1664) in the Fenton House Collection, and on the 'Handel' chamber organ built by Richard Bower. Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT
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7.00 Music for San Rocco
When Thomas Coryate visited Venice in August 1608, he heard the music at the Confraternity of San Rocco on the feast-day of the saint himself.
This programme of motets and instrumental music by Giovanni Gabrieli , Alessandro Grandi and their contemporaries gives some idea of what Coryate would have experienced.
The music is interspersed with readings from a contemporary Venetian account of the life of San Rocco, whose prayers were valued in time of plague.
GABRIELI CONSORT. PLAYERS AND choir, directed by PAUL MCCREESH Producer GRAHAM DIXON