The Early Music Show - Dr John Bull

Lucie Skeaping explores the troubled life of British composer Dr John Bull and his music. He had more than his fair share of difficulties throughout his life: he was blighted by poverty, dismissed from at least three jobs, a victim of highway robbery, robbed by pirates and involved in a scandal which led to a self-imposed exile from his homeland. Blighted by poverty, dismissed from at least three jobs, a victim of highway robbery, robbed by pirates and involved in a scandal which led to a self-imposed exile from his homeland, Dr John Bull had more than his fair share of difficulties throughout his life. Lucie Skeaping looks at the troubled life of the British composer and his music. The Bull Masque His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Hyperion CDA66894 Track 15 In Nomine IX Derek Adlam (Harpsichord) GUILD GMCD7233 Track 14 Early fantasia (from Fitzwilliam book) Martin Souter (Organ) ISIS ISISCD005 Track 10 Almighty God, which by the leading of a star Consortium/ Price (organ)/ Barbieri (dir.) DEUX-ELLES DXL853 Track 1 Fantasy a 4 Fretwork VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7907062 Track 7 Princes Galliard Joseph Payne (harpsichord) BIS CD729BIS Track 10 Salve Regina I Sally Garden (Mezzo-Soprano)/ Roger Williams (Organ) ALPHA CDCA951 Track 1 Fantasia X Bob van Asperen TELDEC 842874 Track 11 Carol arr. “den lustelijcken mey” Ton Koopman (organ) CAPRICCIO 10255 Track 5 Doctor Bull’s Goodnight Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) ASTREE E8543 Track 17