#NowPlaying 'April 5th' "Let me breathe the colour of spring"

#NowPlaying A change or scene, but still very English.

#NowPlaying #EnglishRenaissance Disc 5: Mason, Hunt and Sturmy.

#NowPlaying #EnglishRenaissance

#NowPlaying #EnglishRenaissance Disc 5. Ludford, Jones and Hunt.

#NowPlaying #EnglishRenaissance

#NowPlaying It's arrived! Thanks to @hyperionrecords.bsky.social for the speedy service.

@mole9.bsky.social I went back to Foyles 'tween concerts. New releases were out.

#Dowland400 Concert six. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

#Dowland400 #Phantasm Settling in for the fifth @wigmore-hall.org.uk Anniversary Weekend concert.

#Dowland400 Almost time for the fourth Anniversary Weekend concert @wigmore-hall.org.uk The Third and Last Book of Songs or Aires

@alanburns.bsky.social @mole9.bsky.social Have either of you clocked this, on at The Wigmore Hall in December?

#Dowland400 About to hear The Seconde Booke of Songes or Ayres at @wigmore-hall.org.uk Anniversary Weekend. Beginning to recognise faces from the first two concerts.

#Dowland400 Ready for concert two of the @wigmore-hall.org.uk Anniversary Weekend. The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres.

#Dowland400 About to set off for @wigmore-hall.org.uk 6 concerts celebrating John Dowland over three days. Living my best life!

#NowPlaying Every time I play this I mean to buy a Jason Palmer album!

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn't Indiana Jones)

#NowPlaying My favourite solo tenor sax LP?

#NowPlaying The incredibly high standard is maintained!

#NowPlaying Might have to mix it up with some Warne Marsh later...

#NowPlaying Avatar Studios in New York has become a second home for Manfred.

#NowPlaying Am overdue a couple of days of catching up with the #patternmaster What a band this is!

#NowPlaying The earliest "Master of the Renaissance" (according my Tallis Scholars ready reckoner).

Just downloaded a recipe which includes the instruction "cut the onion into 4 evenly sized pieces"... if only there was a word for that 🤔

#NowPlaying My twelfth (their 16th on Hyperion) #Cinquecento CD of a growing collection.

#NowWatching The last two episodes tonight. It's 40 years since I last saw this, but am not expecting it to end well for Craven.

#NowPlaying #Dompan! One of my favourite alto and clarinet players - a selection of Ellington and Strayhorn. Such a lovely album.

#NowPlaying That's a lot of basses on Missa L'homme armé... a very rich sound. Thanks to @geshtin.bsky.social for the recommendation. Pipelare is a composer new to me.

#NowPlaying #Cupertinos Currently on my third listen, on phone/🎧 with the CD hopefully on the doormat. An essential purchase for anyone remotely interested in the period.

#NowPlaying Last album of the day.

#NowPlaying Missa Gaudeamus.

@geshtin.bsky.social Second hand from Germany. Near mint.

#NowPlaying #Cupertinos Their first recording for Hyperion. Today's release is their 5th, so a long way to go, hopefully.

#NowPlaying Happy New Release Day to #Cupertinos Currently from DL, as CD en route.

#NowPlaying Onto Disc 2, The Lamentations of Jeremiah. I don't know if this 10 CD box, which was released in 2011 (400th anniversary...) is still available, but it was a bargain.

#NowPlaying Last listen of the day. Another new (to me) #Cinquecento CD. With the latest release by #Cupertinos on its way from the label, I think I have given @hyperionrecords.bsky.social all my disposable income in February.

#NowPlaying From my phone, as en route to Birmingham for a gig, and maybe a couple of beers. The latter a treat, as I have been *very* good for the last six weeks or so.

#NowPlaying I *know* how good both these albums are, but it's easy to forget! The two bands, both anchored by Tain, make it sound so easy.

#NowPlaying These arrangements remind me of something that I can't quite put my finger on.

#NowPlaying I ration my listening to this one.

#NowPlaying The final Getz album for the day. Not his finest, tbf, but I have always had a soft spot for it.

#NowPlaying Listening to Elis & Tom this morning has, perhaps somewhat inevitably, led me to a Stan Getz session.

#NowPlaying With thanks to @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social for the top tip.

#NowPlaying #Cinquecento Second hand copy, as this appears to have been deleted.

#NowPlaying #Dowland400 Where it all started for me.

Off the top of your head write down the names of 16 composers whose music you could not live without. JS Bach Haydn Byrd Tallis Dowland Rameau Charpentier Pärt Mozart Handel Henry Threadgill Sheppard Taverner CPE Bach Wayne Shorter Thelonius Monk

#NowPlaying #Dowland400 "whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense". Buried on Blackfriars 400 years ago today.

#GyörgyKurtág100 #NowPlaying

MrsMarches is away. If I can work out the TV/DVD set up, I shall watch this tonight to celebrate György's 100th Birthday.