Leonora Duarte (1610​-​1678) was a Flemish composer and musician, member of a prominent Portuguese-Jewish merchant family who were great patrons of art and culture influential in prominent circles of artists, musicians, diplomats & various literati. In addition to composition, Duarte received instruction in viol, virginals, and lute. Her 7 Sinfonias hold the remarkable distinction as the earliest surviving 17th-century works for viol consort composed by a woman.

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

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Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort

Claudia Francesca Rusca began her musical studies at home before taking her vows alongside several of her aunts, cousins and sisters at the Umiliate monastery of S Caterina in Brera, Milan. Here she served as a composer, singer, organist and music teacher. Her Sacri Concerti à1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi was dedicated to Archbishop Federico Borromeo (1564-1631) and published by up-and-coming music printer Giorgio Rolla in Milan during the Great Plague of Milan (also referred to as the Italian Plague of 1629–1631), a second plague pandemic brought to the Italian peninsula by troops fighting in the Thirty Years War. Among her collected works, Rusca composed sacred concerti, vespers, a Magnficat and numerous motets. The Canzoni Francesi presented here are especially noteworthy as they are the earliest published instrumental works composed by a woman.

https://ffm.to/claudiafrancescarusca

Performed on treble, tenor abd bass viols with lute at A415 in 6th-comma meantone temperament, this EP was recorded, mixed & mastered August-October 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​-​1787) - Sonata in G​-​Major, AbelWV A3 (1760-1770)

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium.

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

ViolMedium - Façades & Duplicities: Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), and Joel Spears, lutes and theorbo (US). Interdisciplinary by nature, Black Tulip’s innovative outside-of-the-box programming immerses audiences in vivid and dynamic multi-media experiences. Black Tulip often combines dramatic cantatas and songs for solo voice and obbligato instruments with virtuosic instrumental works for recorders, viols, lutes and theorbo alongside history lectures incorporating projected artwork to depict the complex cultural lives of composers and their 17th- and 18th-century audiences.

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William Daman (ca.1540-1591) - Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La à3 from XX konincklycke fantasien. Mathysz press, Amsterdam(1648)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered April 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Brownings, In Nomines, & Hexachords." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Brownings, In Nomines, & Hexachords

Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La à3 from XX konincklycke fantasien. Mathysz press, Amsterdam(1648)

William Daman (ca.1540-1591) - Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La à3 from XX konincklycke fantasien (1648)

John Jenkins (1592-1678) - Pavan à6 in F, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch. c.83, II/2 (ca.1667)

John Jenkins (1592-1678) was a prolific composer of music for viols whose life spanned from William Byrd to Henry Purcell, a period of great upheaval in England both musically & politically. He was an accomplished performer and composer for the lyra viol and was a major exponent of the English s17th-eventeenth century viol fantasia. Jenkins is buried in the nave of St. Peter's Church, Kimberley, Norfolk, with this inscription:

Under this Stone Rare Jenkins lie
The Master of the Musick Art
Whom from the Earth the God on High
Called up to Him to bear his part.
Aged eighty six October twenty seven
In anno seventy eight he went to Heaven.

This recording is dedicated to Ken Perlow, a long time friend, colleague & fellow violist da gamba - Mr. Ken Perlow his Pavan.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered May 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "John Jenkins (1592-1678) - Pavan à6 in F, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch. c.83, II/2 (ca.1667)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

John Jenkins (1592-1678) - Pavan à6 in F, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch. c.83, II/2 (ca.1667)

Pavan à6 in F, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch. c.83, II/2 (ca.1667)

John Jenkins (1592-1678) - Pavan à6 in F, VdGS No.2 (ca.1667)

The Nine Muses - Clio, the Muse of History, Fancy à3, No.9 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered May 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Michael East (ca​​.​​1580​​-​​1648) – The Nine Muses: The Fancies à3 & à4 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Michael East (ca​.​1580​-​1648) - The Nine Muses: The Fancies à3 & à4 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)

The Nine Muses - Clio, the Muse of History, Fancy à3, No.9 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)

Michael East (ca.1580-1648) - The 9 Muses - Clio, the Muse of History, Fancy à3, No.9 (1638)

Michael East (ca​.​1580​-​1648) - The Nine Muses - Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, Fancy à3, No.10 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Michael East (ca​​.​​1580​​-​​1648) – The Nine Muses: The Fancies à3 & à4 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

The Nine Muses - Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, Fancy à3, No.10 from the Seventh Set of Bookes (1638)

Michael East (ca.1580-1648) - The 9 Muses - Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, Fancy à3, No.10 (1638)

William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)

William Lawes (1602​-​1645) was a prolific composer of music for viols, filled with adventurous harmonic motion and exquisite counterpoint. He spent most of his career in the employ of Charles I where, in addition to his music for viol consort, Lawes composed sacred anthems and motets alongisde secular music and songs for court masques. His rich musical life was cut short, however, as he was shot dead during a rout of the Royalists at Rowton Heath, near Chester, in 1645. The futility of Lawes' death was best encapsulated by Thomas Jordan’s well-known epitaph:

Concord is conquer'd! In his urn there lies
The master of great Music's mysteries;
And in it is a riddle, like the cause,
Will Lawes was slain by men whose Wills were Laws.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)

Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)

William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112 (ca​.​1638​-​45)

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​​-​​1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea​,​' No​.​17 from Sacri Concerti à1​-​5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

https://phillipwserna.bandcamp.com/track/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-prima-4-la-borromea-from-sacri-concerti-a-1-5-con-salmi-e-canzoni-francesi-milan-1630 https://soundcloud.com/phillipwserna/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-prima-a4-la-borromea-1630 https://youtu.be/SulkRcI_ro4 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUMC5rcgYdP/
https://fb.watch/8cO7njjAKK/ https://twitter.com/PhillipWSerna/status/1441229886052397060

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered August-October 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea​,​' No​.​17 from Sacri Concerti à1​-​5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea' (1630)

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzon Seconda à4, No.18 from Sacri Concerti à1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

https://phillipwserna.bandcamp.com/track/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-seconda-4-no-18-from-sacri-concerti-a-1-5-con-salmi-e-canzoni-francesi-milan-1630 https://soundcloud.com/phillipwserna/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-seconda-a41630 https://youtu.be/V0Szad53dyQ https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3GOEaFNCa/
https://fb.watch/8COnmkP_Mi/ https://twitter.com/PhillipWSerna/status/1448297012760301569

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered August-October 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Canzon Seconda à4, No.18 from Sacri Concerti à1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzon Seconda à4 (1630)

John Baldwin (ca.1560-1615) - A Duo upon Ut Re Me Fa, No.1 from John Baldwyne’s Commonplace Book, London. GB-Lbl, R.M.24.d.2 (1590-1606)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2022 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Brownings, In Nomines, & Hexachords." This audio content is copyright © 2022 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

A Duo upon Ut Re Me Fa, No.1 from John Baldwyne’s Commonplace Book, London. GB-Lbl, R.M.24.d.2 (1590-1606)

John Baldwin (ca.1560-1615) - A Duo upon Ut Re Me Fa, No.1 from John Baldwyne’s Commonplace Book

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.1, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.34800 (early 1600s)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered December 2022 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

The Works à3 & à4 of William Byrd (ca​.​1540​-​1623)

Fantasia à3, VdGS No.1, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.34800 (early 1600s)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.1, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.34800 (early 1600s)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.2, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered January 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Fantasia à3, VdGS No.2, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.2, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

Rudolph Dolmetsch (1906-1942) - Caprice for Unaccompanied 7-String Viola da Gamba, London. Royal College of Music, MS 5964 (1929)

To purchase Rudolph Dolmetsch's Caprice for Solo Bass Viol (7-string) (No. CI007), please support PRB Productions by visiting http://www.prbmusic.com/item23080.ctlg & http://www.prbmusic.com.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Rudolph Dolmetsch (1906-1942) - Caprice for Unaccompanied 7-String Viola da Gamba, London. Royal College of Music, MS 5964 (1929)

Caprice for Unaccompanied 7-String Viola da Gamba, London. Royal College of Music, MS 5964 (1929)

Rudolph Dolmetsch (1906-1942) - Caprice for Unaccompanied 7-String Viola da Gamba (1929)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, WKO155 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - III - Minuet

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​-​1787) - Sonata in G​-​Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB​-​Lbl, Add​.​Ms​.​31697 (1760​-​1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​-​1787) - Sonata in G​-​Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB​-​Lbl, Add​.​Ms​.​31697 (1760​-​1770)

Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - III - Minuet

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 - III - Minuet

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - IV - Adagio

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - IV - Adagio

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 - IV - Adagio

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, WKO155 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - II - Allegro

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​-​1787) - Sonata in G​-​Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB​-​Lbl, Add​.​Ms​.​31697 (1760​-​1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - II - Allegro

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 - II - Allegro

Jeames Harden (ca.1560-1626) - Duo Hardin à2, York, York Minster Library, GB-Y, MS.91 S (ca.1580)

Little information survives about composer Jeames Harden (ca​.​1560​-​1626). Harden was appointed flautist as a Musician in Ordinary at the English court from 1575 until his death in 1626. The 'Duo Hardin' is among only a handful of works that survive, mostly for keyboard.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 Phillip W. Serna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Jeames Harden (ca.1560-1626) - Duo Hardin à2, York, York Minster Library, GB-Y, MS.91 S (ca.1580)

Duo Hardin à2, York, York Minster Library, GB-Y, MS.91 S (ca.1580)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.3, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Fantasia à3, VdGS No.3, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.3, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.41156-8 (early 1600s)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.4, London. Royal College of Music, Ms.2093 (ca.1660)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Fantasia à3, VdGS No.4, London. Royal College of Music, Ms.2093 (ca.1660)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à3, VdGS No.4, Royal College of Music, Ms.2093 (ca.1660)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à4, VdGS No.1 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Fantasia à4, VdGS No.1 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à4, VdGS No.1 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - In Nomine à4, VdGS No.1, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

In Nomine à4, VdGS No.1, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - In Nomine à4, VdGS No.1. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - In Nomine à4, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

In Nomine à4, VdGS No.2, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - In Nomine à4, VdGS No.2. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.212-6 (ca.1610)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à4, VdGS No.2 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Fantasia à4, VdGS No.2 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Fantasia à4, VdGS No.2 from Psalms, Songs & Sonnets (1611)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Prelude & Voluntarie à4 for my Ladye Nevell, My Ladye Nevells Booke, No.26. London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Prelude & Voluntarie à4 for my Ladye Nevell, My Ladye Nevells Booke, No.26. London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Prelude & Voluntarie à4, London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro] in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

Often labelled as 'the last gambist' and a 3rd-generation viol performer, Carl Friederich Abel (1723-1787), was son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, performer in court ensembles led by Johann Sebastian Bach. After studies with Bach Leipzig and a post to Johann Adolf Hasse's court orchestra in Dresden, Abel joined the London court of Queen Charlotte where he befriended Bach's son, Johann Christian with whom he established the Bach-Abel Concerts running from 1765-1781. Abel left behind a sizeable body of work for the viola da gamba, which has expanded to over 400 surviving works in recent years due to several significant musicological finds. This single was released in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of gambist & composer Carl Friederich Abel on December 22,2023.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered December 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787)

Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro], AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29, 27 Pieces for Viola da Gamba

William Byrd (ca​​​.​​​1540​​​-​​​1623) - Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

William Byrd (ca​​​.​​​1540​​​-​​​1623) - Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

Dietrich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707) - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'The Songbird" by Josefien Stoppelenburg appears here courtesy of the artist and is available for purchase at josefienstoppelenburg-art.com

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BuxWV98 by Dietrich Buxtehude was composed for performance in the Lübeck Marienkirche, where Buxtehude was organist from 1668 until his death in 1707. While leaving behind over 120 vocal works with many varied scorings, styles and lengths, Buxtehude's Singet dem Herrn is based on the text for Psalm 98 verses 1-4 - unique in Buxtehude's œuvre as it is his only concertato vocal work employing a single solo instrument.

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, denn er tut Wunder. Er sieget mit seiner Rechten und mit seinem heiligen Arm.
Der Herr lässet sein Heil verkündigen, für den Völkern lässt er seine Gerechtigkeit offenbaren.
Er gedenket an seine Gnade und Wahrheit dem Hause Israel. Aller Welt Enden sehen das Heil unsers Gottes.
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt; singet, rühmet und lobet!

O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things.
With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten himself the victory.
The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.

Dietrich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707) - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - IV - Aria: Ha l'inganno il suo diletto

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Aria:
 Ha l'inganno il suo diletto
 se i pensier mossi d'affetto,
 stiman ver ciò che non sanno.
 Ma se poi si risveglia a un tale errore
 il pensier ridica a noi:
 ha l'inganno il suo dolore.
 Ha l'inganno, etc.

 If thoughts, moved by love,
 Deem as true what they do not know,
 This sort of deceit has its charm.
 But if the mind awakens from such an error
 May it speak the truth to us all:
 "This deceit has its charm!"
 If thoughts, etc.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - IV - Aria: Ha l'inganno il suo diletto

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Ha l'inganno

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - III - Recitativo: Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Recitativo:
 Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora,
 e nell'ombra respira
 la luce di quel sol per cui sospira.

 In this way, she's loyal toward the heart she adores,
 and she breathes like a shadow of the light
 for which she only sighs.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - III - Recitativo: Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Così Fida Ella Vive

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - II - Aria: Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes and theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Aria:
 Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge
 la sembianza del suo bene,
 nella quiete nè pur finge
 d'abbracciar le sue catene
 Giacchè, etc.

 From the moment sleep seems 
 to paint on her face the figure of her bien-aimée,
 during this quietness, sleep seems also 
 to embrace its chains.
 From the moment, etc.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - II - Aria: Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Giacchè Il Sonno

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - I - Recitativo: Nel dolce dell'oblio

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Recitativo:
 Nel dolce dell'oblio, benchè riposi,
 la mia Filli adorata
 veglia coi pensier suoi.
 E in quella quiete Amor non cessa mai,
 con varie forme,
 la sua pace turbar mentre elle dorme.

 In her sweet sleep, although resting,
 My adored Phillis
 Awakens through her thoughts
 And in this quietness
 Love never stops in various ways
 to trouble her sleeping peace.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - I - Recitativo: Nel dolce dell'oblio

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Nel Dolce Dell Oblio

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Duos, Sz.98

Rutén Kolomejka.’ No.35 
Oláh Nóta ‘Wallachian Song,’ No.7
Tót Nóta ‘Slovakian Song,’ No.8
Szentivánéji ‘Midsummer Song,’ No.4
Gyermekrengetéskor ‘Cradle Song,’ No.11
Menetelö Nóta ‘Hungarian March,’ No.18
Minuetto, No.3
Mese ‘Fairy Tale’, No.19
Burleszk ‘Burlesque,’ No.16
Lakodalamas ‘Wedding Song,’ No.13
Magyar Nóta ‘Hungarian Song,’ No.25
Párnás Tánc ‘Pillow Dance,’ No.14

Commissioned by German violinist Erich Doflein, Béla Bartók composed his 44 Duos, Sz.98 in 1931 as a series of pedagogical pieces not unlike his Mikrokosmos (1926-1939). Bartók draws from a variety of Eastern European folk melodies & dances as per his youthful ethnomusicological travels with colleague and composer Zoltán Kodály, representing music of many eastern European oral traditions: Hungarian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and more. The exquisite quality of the counterpoint, as well as the timbral contrasts, harmonies and melodies make these works ideal for translation to the transparent colors of violas da gamba.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/Yh7eUGARp_o

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Duos, Sz.98

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) - Duetto in D-Minor
Poco Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Among the composers at the so-called “Berlin School,”serving as harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) spent the majority of his career in the service of the king’s sister Anna Amalia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. A portion of the manuscript Schaffrath’s duo is in the hand of virtuoso gambist Ludwig Christian Hesse (1716-1772), a virtuoso gambist employed by Frederick the Great in 1741 and later by the king’s nephew, Crown Prince Frederick William (1744-1797). The duo may have been written for Hesse and Prince Frederick William to perform or with Frederick William’s father August Wilhelm (1722-1758). 

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/ruqVntgn9Gc

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) - Duetto in D-Minor

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the Maltzan Collection
Vivace
Siciliano
Tempo di Minuet

Often labelled as ‘the last gambist‘ and a 3rd-generation viol performer, Carl Friederich Abel was son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, viol performer in court ensembles led by Johann Sebastian Bach. After studies in Leipzig and a post to Johann Adolf Hasse’s court orchestra in Dresden, Abel joined the London court of Queen Charlotte where he befriended Bach’s son, Johann Christian with whom he established the Bach-Abel Concerts. ViolMedium is performing the Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the first edition first edition edited by Sonia Wronkowska, Edition Güntersberg (www.guentersberg.de) from sources owned by Count Joachim Carl Maltzan (1733-1817) held by the Library of the Adam Mickiewicz, University in Poznań, Poland, discovered alongside twenty-seven sonatas by Abel and two previously unknown sonatas by Johann Christian Bach and Andreas Lidl.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/V6W7bdiuxDQ

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the Maltzan Collection

Gottfried Finger (ca.1660-1730) - Intrada in A-Major from the Codex Sünchinger
Adagio-[Allegro]-Adagio-[Andante]

Gottfried Finger, a Moravian viola da gamba virtuoso and composer, worked at the courts of James II of England, Queen Sophie Charlotte in Berlin, and Duke Charles Philipp in Innsbruck. Finger composed operas but is primarily remembered for his chamber music, surviving in collections from 1688, 1690, 1691 and 1701.Finger’s Intrada and Curiosa were likely written during his time in England before 1702 and were purchased by Joseph Franz von Seinsheim, Munich ambassador to electoral court at Mannheim, a court where Finger was employed. ViolMedium is performing from the first edition edited by Dr. Fred Flassig, Edition Walhall (edition-walhall.de) from the Codex Sünchinger held by the Archive of Castle Sünching near Regensburg, Germany. 

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/0w9e1nlwcSw

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Gottfried Finger (ca.1660-1730) - Intrada in A-Major from the Codex Sünchinger

Marin Marais (1656-1728) - Tombeau de Mr. Meliton from Pièces a Deux Violes du Premier Livre (1686)

Marin Marais, among the most famous French viola da gamba virtuosi and composition student of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marais held the title of ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole at the royal court of Versailles. In addition to his 5 volumes of his Pièces de viole (1686-1725), he composed chamber music in the form of his Pièces en trio (1692) and four operas (1693-1709). His viol teacher, the Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, for which little is known,  composed sixty-seven Concerts à deux violes esgales, and over 170 pieces for solo seven-string viol. In addition to Marais, Sainte-Colombe's students also included the Sieur de Danoville, Jean Desfontaines, Pierre Méliton, Jean Rousseau and two women known only as Mlle Rougevillle and Mlle Vignon.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 2, 2019 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, WI (www.standrews-madison.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium.

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Marin Marais (1656-1728) - Tombeau de Mr. Meliton from Pièces a Deux Violes du Premier Livre (1686)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - I - Adagio

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered February 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 CD release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770) - I - Adagio

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 - I - Adagio

Tobias Hume (1569-1645) - The Spirit of Gambo, The Lord Dewys Favoret from Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607)

Recorded, mixed & mastered July 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "A Souldiers Resolution: A Question of Love, Life & Deth for Captaine Hume - Lyra Viol Solos, Duets & Trios by Tobias Hume (1569-1645)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

A Souldiers Resolution: A Question of Love, Life & Deth for Captaine Hume - Lyra Viol Solos, Duets & Trios by Tobias Hume (1569-1645)

The Spirit of Gambo, The Lord Dewys Favoret from Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607)

Tobias Hume (1569-1645) - The Spirit of Gambo from Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607)

Antoine de Cousu (1600-1658) - Fantaisie en faveur de la quarte from Harmonie Universelle (Marin Mersenne, Paris, 1636)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Antoine de Cousu (1600-1658) - Fantaisie en faveur de la quarte from Harmonie Universelle (Marin Mersenne, Paris, 1636)." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Antoine de Cousu (1600-1658) - Fantaisie en faveur de la quarte from Harmonie Universelle (1636)

Fantaisie en faveur de la quarte from Harmonie Universelle (Marin Mersenne, Paris, 1636)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.1 Decimi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

Sinfonia à5, No.1 Decimi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.1, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.2 de Duodesimi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

Sinfonia à5, No.2 de Duodesimi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.2, Oxford, Christ College. Mus.Ms.429

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.3 Primi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

The Duartes of Antwerp - The 7 Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort by Leonora Duarte (1610-1678)

Sinfonia à5, No.3 Primi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.3, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.4, Seconda Parte, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

Sinfonia à5, No.4, Seconda Parte, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.4, Seconda Parte, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.5 Secondi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Recorded, mixed & mastered August 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase David Pinto's edition of Duarte’s 7 sinfonias à5 directly from Corda Music in the UK at www.cordamusic.co.uk/early1.html or from these fine purveyors of Early Music sheet music: Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com/music.html?q_c=39, the Early Music Shop of New England at https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6255-duarte-leonora-seven-sinfonie-for-five-instruments.aspx or Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=10047.

Sinfonia à5, No.5 Secondi toni, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429 (ca.1625-1650)

Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - Sinfonia à5, No.5, Oxford. Christ College, Mus.Ms.429

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v (1770)

This Magnificat-Antiphon was a composition exercise for admission to the Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna in 1770. 

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered September 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v (1770)." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v (1770)

Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v (1770)

Orlando Gibbons (bap.1583-1625) - Fantazia à3, VdGS No.6, Oxford. Christ Church, Mus.Ms.21 (ca.1620)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2019 - October 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Size Matt’reth Not - The Compleat Fantazias for 2 Treble Viols & the 3 & 4-part Consorts for the 'Great Dooble Base' by Orlando Gibbons (bap.1583-1625)." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Support independent music publishers – purchase Gibbons’s consorts à2, à3 & à4 (OG2, OG3, OG3/GB, OG4) from George Hunter's Northwood Editions distributed by the Boulder Early Music Shop at www.bems.com.

Size Matt’reth Not - The Compleat Fantazias for 2 Treble Viols & the 3 & 4-part Consorts for the 'Great Dooble Base' by Orlando Gibbons (bap.1583-1625)

Fantazia à3, VdGS No.6, Oxford. Christ Church, Mus.Ms.21 (ca.1620)

Orlando Gibbons (bap.1583-1625) - Fantazia à3, VdGS No.6 for Treble, Tenor & Bass Viols (ca.1620)

Diego Ortiz (ca.1510-ca.1576) - Recercada segunda sobre tenores italianos from Trattado de Glosas, Libro Secundo (1553)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered October 2020 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Diego Ortiz (1510-1570) - Recercada segunda sobre tenores italianos from Trattado de Glosas, Libro Secundo (1553)." This audio content is copyright © 2020 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Diego Ortiz (ca.1510-ca.1576) - Recercada segunda sobre tenores italianos from Trattado de Glosas, Libro Secundo (1553)

Recercada segunda sobre tenores italianos from Trattado de Glosas, Libro Secundo (1553)

Diego Ortiz (1510-1570) - Recercada segunda sobre tenores italianos from Trattado de Glosas (1553)

Faculty: North Central College, Valparaiso University, The Music Institute of Chicago, Adlai E. Stevenson High School Baroque Ensemble & Viol Consort Double Bass: Illinois Philharmonic, et al Viol: @BlackTulipEM, Burning River Baroque, @NewCommaBaroque, The Spirit of Gambo - a Chicago Consort of Viols, @ViolMedium, et al

Viols in Our Schools - Early Music America’s 2010 Laurette Goldberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music Outreach

Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass & Violas da Gamba

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