The Antic dances of a masque were performed by professional dancers using preposterous gestures in the guise of some sort of subhuman species such as witches, apes or, in the case of John Milton's Comus, the entourage of the god of revelry 'a rout of monsters like men and women but headed like wild beasts their apparel glistering'.
An orphaned piece labelled 'Antic' by William Lawes (1602-1645) exists in a manuscript in two parts, treble and bass - here it is played with inner parts for 2nd violin and bass viol by Christopher Verrette. You will then hear a corant from Lawes' Royal Consort Set No. 5 in D maj. which has held notes in all parts at the beginning calling to mind The Witches' Dance from Macbeth and the Masque of Queens by Robert Johnson of the previous generation of masque music. The Musicians In Ordinary string band is led by Christopher Verrette, 1st vln. with Patricia Ahern, 2nd vln. Felix Deak and Laura Jones, violas da gamba and John Edwards, theorbo.
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 4a - Louise Hung - Orlando Gibbons’ Fantasia of Foure Parts
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 4 - Louise Hung on Tuning and Temperament - Orlando Gibbons’ Fantazia in Four Parts
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 3a - Louise Hung - John Bull’s Pavana and Orlando Gibbons’ Galiardo and The Queenes Command
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 3 - Deanne Williams - John Bull’s Pavan and Orlando Gibbons’ Galiardo and The Queen’s Command
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 2a - Louise Hung - William Byrd’s Pavana Earle of Salisbury and Galiardo Secundo
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 2 - Louise Hung and John Edwards on The Earl of Salisbury - William Byrd’s Earl of Salisbury’s Pavan and Galiardo Secundo
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 1a - Louise Hung - William Byrd’s Preludium and Galiardo Mrs. Mary Brownlo
Parthenia: Music for Virginals Ep. 1 - Louise Hung - William Byrd’s Preludium and Galiardo Mrs. Mary Brownlo
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with Prof. Deanne Williams
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with John Edwards on the music of Comus - Pt. 2
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with John Edwards on the music of Comus - Pt. 1
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with actor Bethany Jillard
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with director Heather Davies
Music for Comus - Saraband in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Corant 2 in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Alman 3 in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Corant 1 in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Alman 2 in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Alman 1 in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
Music for Comus - Pavan in F from Royal Consorts Set 9 by William Lawes
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