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“The Baroque Mondays: at the court of the Capish King” takes us back to a specific place and a specific day: Oxford, July 7, 1592. On that day and in that place, composers Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 – 1640) and John Bull (c. 1563 – 1628) were awarded the title of Bachelor of Music. Their mutual influence and friendship is also documented by their style, light and dreamy.
Most of their compositions have been handed down to us through a very important manuscript source of early English Baroque: the “Fitzwilliam Virginal Book,” now preserved at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Well, today we will listen to some of their compositions preserved in this precious manuscript, performed on the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder (b. 1966).

Enjoy your listening.

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (Full Album)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Wikipedia