Petrarca: Chiare, fresche e dolci acque (Petrarchan Lyricism and Music - 16th Century)

Scoto: O tempo o ciel volubil (Dal Canzoniere del Petrarca, CCCLV - Sonetto)

De Valderravano: Fantasia del quinto tono (Per liuto solo)

Festa: O passi sparsi (Versione di Guillaume Morlaye) [Dal Canzoniere del Petrarca, CLXI - Sonetto]

Bossinensis: Recercar sesto (Tenori e contrabassi intabulati col sopran in canto figurato, Libro I) [Per liuto solo]

Tromboncino: Movesi'l vecchiarel (Dal Canzoniere del Petrarca, XVI - Sonetto)

Mudarra: La vita fugge (Tratto da "Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras Para Vihuela") [Dal Canzoniere del Petrarca, CCLXXII - Sonetto]

Robert Parsons (ca.1535-1572) - Ut re mi fa sol la à4 from the Hamond Partbooks, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.30480-4 (ca.1560-90) 

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2022 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2022 @PhillipWSerna.

Brownings, In Nomines, & Hexachords

Ut re mi fa sol la à4 from the Hamond Partbooks, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.30480-4 (ca.1560-90)

Robert Parsons (ca.1535-1572) - Ut re mi fa sol la à4, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.30480-4 (ca.1560-90)

Pavan by John Dowland arranged by Thomas Simpson

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

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2022 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2022 @PhillipWSerna.

A Duo upon Ut Re Me Fa, No.2 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.2 from John Baldwyne’s Commonplace Book

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. This audio content is copyright © 2022 @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

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

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