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Cries of London
Orlando Chamber Choir
Richard Wilberforce, director
Thursday 13 June 2013, 19:30
St Mary-le-Bow [ map ]
Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU
tickets £14, concessions £10
Celebrating London’s rich heritage of cries, catches, prayers and drinking songs from street, church and tavern by the likes of Purcell, Ravenscroft and Weelkes. Admission includes a picnic / buffet to help spark a Renaissance cockney knees-up!
Programme details
| Michael East (1580 - 1648) | O metaphysical tobacco |
| Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623) | Come, sirrah Jack, oh! |
| Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) | Give us once a drink |
| Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 - 1635) | I lay with an old man |
| Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623) | Four arms, two necks, one wreathing |
| Michael East (1580 - 1648) | Poor is life |
| Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656) | O sing unto the Lord |
| Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) | Nunc dimittis |
| John Blow (1649 - 1708) | God is our hope and strength |
| Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) | I was glad when they said unto me |
| Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 - 1635) | Come follow me |
| Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656) | Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers |
| Clément Janequin (1485 - 1558) | The chase |
| Thomas Morley (1558 - 1602) | Fyer, fyer! |
| Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) | Cries of the City |
| John Dowland (1563 - 1626) | Fine knacks for ladies |
| Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 - 1635) | New oysters |
| Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623) | Cries of London |
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