Maciej Skrzeczkowski
Both were driving forces in musical life at the Elizabethan court. But in terms of character, William Byrd and John Bull could not have been more different. Byrd writes with a steady hand: pavans, galliards, and variations in which every voice knows its place. Bull likes to pull out all the stops, including virtuosic thematic variations and daring chromaticism. In this recital, Maciej Skrzeczkowski demonstrates how two keyboard geniuses around 1600 spoke the same language but wrote a different story.
Harpsichord: Boccalari 1669
Programme
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John Bull
Prelude, MB 30
Fantasia, MB 1c1562/63-1628 -
William Byrd
Monsieur’s Alman, MB 87
The Queen’s Alman, MB 20c1540-1623 -
John Bull
Duke of Brunswick’s Alman, MB 93
Duchess of Brunswick‘s Toy, MB 97
Dutch Dance, MB 99
My Self, MB 138 -
William Byrd
Third Pavan and Galliard, MB 14
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John Bull
Canons no. 3, 15, 28, 38, 39, 48, 65, 68, 79 & 105
(from: Bull manuscript, A-Wn Mus.Hs. 17.771) -
William Byrd
Kinborough Good Pavan and Galliard, MB 32
The Carman’s Whistle, MB 36 -
John Bull
Chromatic Pavan and Galliard, MB 87
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William Byrd
The Woods so Wilde, MB 85
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John Bull
Galliard, MB 73
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William Byrd
The Galliarde for the Victorie, MB 95
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Maciej Skrzeczkowski harpsichord
