The Night Watch (early music)

Live performance at the Kunsthalle, Lingen (Germany)

April 10, 2011

Arrangement: Paul Leenhouts

Diminutions: María Martínez Ayerza

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The American medieval and renaissance ensemble Asteria (Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, and Eric Redlinger, lute and tenor) perform "Quant la doulce jouvenc...

Asteria performs the great Christine de Pisan Ballade 'Dueil Angoisseux' at the 14th century Chateau de Germolles near Givry, in Burgundy, France.

Written in the mid fifteenth century, "Le corps s'en va et le cuer vous demeure" ("The body departs and the heart remains with you") is one of Anto...

A charming new piece by Hayne from our current program of chansons that might have been performed before Charles the Bold during the siege of Neuss...

Written in the mid fifteenth century, "Le corps s'en va et le cuer vous demeure" ("The body departs and the heart remains with you") is one of Anto...

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Bruce Cockburn at the NAC in Ottawa 15 April 2011

Renaissance dances by "Vento del Tempo". Music: Canario Allegri via "L'Arpeggiata"

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More than 200 dancers were performing their version of "Do Re Mi", in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amaz...

Extracts from Winter Winter, The Night Watch's sold-out show at The Artrix, Bromsgrove, on the theme of winter and Christmas early music.

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When that I was and a little tiny boy, sung by Feste in the epilogue to William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Performed on treble lute and bass reco...

Stella Splendens, polyphony from 14th century Catalonia, performed on recorder and gittern by The Night Watch, from Winter Winter, their sold-out s...

The Salutation / Bryng us in good ale, from an English manuscript dated c.1460, during the reign of Henry VI. Performed on gittern and shawm by The...

Miri it is, anonymous, England, c.1225, the earliest known English secular song, performed by The Night Watch, from Winter Winter, their sold-out s...

Lully, lulla, thow littell tiné child, performed on treble lute and recorder by The Night Watch, from Winter Winter, their sold-out show at The Art...

Grene growith the holy (Green groweth the holly), attributed to Henry Tudor, Henry VIII of England, 1491-1547, reigned 1509-1547. Performed on reco...

In the Fields in Frost and Snows by Thomas D'Urfey, England. The tune appeared in the 1710, 1714, 1718, and 1728 editions of John Playford's The Da...

Drive the cold Winter away, an early 17th century broadside performed by The Night Watch, from Winter Winter, their sold-out show at The Artrix, Br...

Kathryn Tickell performing at the Durham Miners Gala on Saturday 9th July 2011.

This is the first song performed by Emily at Durham Town Hall.

The Night Watch demonstrate some of their instruments for listeners to

Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk programme on BBC Radio Shropshire, 3 April 20...

'WEe be Souldiers three' was published by - and probably written by - collector and composer Thomas Ravenscroft, in his 'Deuteromelia' (1609). The ...

The Night Watch playing for a history day in an English castle. The dances (modified for dancing with the public) are:

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The Night Watch playing for a history day in an English castle. The 'branle de l'Official' is recorded in Thoinot Arbeau's 'Orchésographie', a comp...

The Renaissance Dance "Belfiore" danced at the Closing Ball of the Stanford Historical Dance Week. Taught by Lieven Baert.

Promotional film (longer version*) for The Night Watch's school workshops in early music and history. The school on the day of filming requested an...

Singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn in Mali, performing "World of Wonders" with Toumani Diabate, master of the traditional 21 stringed instrument, the...

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My little tribute to a relatively unknown composer, Alessandro Piccinini. The rendition of this Tenth Corrente by Axel Wolf and the United Continuo...

The Renaissance Shawm Band plays "Les Quercades" - one of the all -time hits from Henry VIII's court.

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A programme of Music from 13th Century Spain. Filmed live at the South Bank Early Music Festival, London 2005.

In this brief Lute Lesson (divided in part 1 & 2) you will find some hint about how to begin composing and playing variations created by you!

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Une gaillarde (danse du 16è siècle), par la compagnie Vire & Volte ( http://www.vire-et-volte.fr/ )

Source musicale: Pierre Phalèse, 1571.

The Outside Capering Crew presents 'Side by Side' Bacca Pipes, performed at Hastings Jack in the Green festival 2008. Videos by Steve Clifton, Pho...

Valeria Mignaco, soprano | Alfonso Marin, lute

Recorded live at Sint-Pieterskerk / Leuven / Belgium

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Nigel North records another CD for Naxos Records. Here he plays Galliards by the Renaissance Lute composer Robert Johnson. Recorded near Toronto ...

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Yorkshire-born folk singer Norma Waterson explains the importance of folk music as oral history, then performs the "Movin' On Song", penned by Pegg...