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Composers of the Week: Henry andWilliam Lawes

on BBC Radio 3

With Donald Macleod. William Lawes wrote and performed much of his music forthe private recreation of Charles I's court. Tragically, his life was cut short when he was struck down by a stray musketball atthe Siege of Chester in 1645 during the Civil War.
William Lawes How Lilies Came White
John Potter (tenor), Andrew Lawrence-King (double harp),
The Golden Grove Anthony Rooley (lute) Consort Sett a 5 in F Fretwork
Fantasy Suite in A minorPurceW Quartet Royal Consort No 9 in FGreate Consort, director Monica Huggett
Ne Irascaris Domine Joseph Cornwell (tenor) Henry Lawes Cease You Jolly Shepherds The Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
William Lawes
Unknown:
William Lawes
Tenor:
John Potter
Tenor:
Andrew Lawrence-King
Unknown:
Grove Anthony Rooley
Director:
Monica Huggett
Tenor:
Domine Joseph Cornwell
Tenor:
Henry Lawes
Director:
Anthony Rooley

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