Cornetts and sackbuts conjure up the sound of 16th- and 17th-century Venice: the beautiful and still-powerful city that was home to Europe's finest musicians. This introduction to a lost world brings to life music that echoed around St Mark's, entertained nobility in palaces on the Grand Canal, or was performed in the winding streets and open campi of this captivating city.

The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument group with a host of distinguished recordings to its name. In addition to regular recital work, the ensemble collaborates with leading vocal ensembles such as I Fagiolini, The Tallis Scholars, Alamire, Resurgam, The Marian Consort, Westminster Cathedral Choir, and is a regular at major festivals. As of October 2022 ECSE is also Ensemble in Residence at Holy Sepulchre, London, the National Musicians' Church.

Programme

Canzon 23 a5                                                         Claudio Merulo (1533- 604)
Intonazione                                                             Claudio Merulo
Canzon 18 a5                                                          Claudio Merulo
Sonata 12 a3                                                           Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Toccata et ricercare cromatica Girolamo             Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Sonata undecima a 2 violini e 2 bassi                  Marco Uccellini (1610-1680)
Salvum me fac per basso solo                              Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Variata per il solo violino                                       Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Canzon a5                                                              Giovanni Battista Buonamente (?-1642)
Interval
Song of Songs Emily White and Sam Haywood
Canzon undecima a4                                             Giovanni Picchi (1571-1643)
Ciacona a2                                                             Annibale Gregori (?-1633)
Partita Sopra la Romanesca                                 Salamone Rossi (1570-1630)
Canzon 16 a5 (sopra La Monica)                         Ottavio Bargnani (c.1570-after 1627)
Io son ferito ahi lasso                                            Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
                                                                                diminutions by G.B.Bovicelli
Lieto Godea a8                                                      Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554-1612)

Adrian France, sackbut
Tom Lees, sackbut
Emily White, sackbut
Gawain Glenton, cornett
Conor Hastings, cornett
Andy Harwood-White, bass sackbut
Silas Wollston, organ