The Early Music Show - Thomas Campion

Catherine Bott reflects on the life, poetry and music of the Elizabethan/Jacobean London-based physician Thomas Campion. He was as celebrated for his poems as for his many songs, and his most famous piece is considered to be Never Weather-Beaten Saile, which was familiar as a hymn for many years after his death. Campion's legacy of love songs and a large collection of poetry and pamphlets on music and literature, as well as his many masques, have made him an important figure in the history of Renaissance art, even if he is perhaps less well-known than his contemporary John Dowland. The programme includes a wide selection of recordings of Campion's music alongside readings from his poetry and his masques. Playlist: Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten saile Drew Minter (countertenor) Paul O'Dette (lute) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907023 Track: 22 Thomas Campion: Come cheerful day Rachel Elliott (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) Nigel North (lute) Linn CKD 105 Track: 1 Thomas Campion: Turn back you wanton flyer; It fell on a summers day Michael Chance (countertenor) Nigel North (lute) Linn CKD 105 Tracks: 3 and 4 Reading: Canto Primo by Thomas Campion (narrated by Malcolm Raeburn) Thomas Campion: I care not for these ladies Robin Blaze (countertenor) Elizabth Kenny (lute) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 2 Segue Thomas Campion: Come let us sound with melody Steven Rickards (countertenor) Dorthoy Linell (lute) NAXOS 8.553380 Track: 1 Reading: Rose Cheekt Lawra, Come by Thomas Campion (narrated by Malcolm Raeburn) Thomas Campion: My love hath vowd Rachel Elliott (soprano) Nigel North (lute) Linn CKD 105 Track: 7 Thomas Campion: Now hath Flora robbed her bowers Robin Blaze (countertenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute) David Miller (theorbo, lute) Joanna Levine (consort bass viol) Mark Levy (lyra bass) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 7 Segue Reading (excerpt from Lord Hay's Masque by Thomas Campion) Thomas Campion: Mr Confess's Coranto Elizabeth Kenny (lute) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 8 Segue Reading (excerpt from Lord Hay's Masque by Thomas Campion) Thomas Campion: Lord Hayes Masque Elizabeth Kenny (lute) David Miller (theorbo, lute) Joanna Levine (consort bass viol) Mark Levy (lyra bass) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 10 segue Thomas Campion: Move now with measured sound Robin Blaze (countertenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute) David Miller (theorbo, lute) Joanna Levine (consort bass viol) Mark Levy (lyra bass) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 9 Thomas Campion: The cypress curtain of the night Michael Chance (countertenor) Nigel North (lute) Linn CKD 105 Track: 23 Thomas Campion: The peacefull westerne winde Rachel Elliott (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) Nigel North (lute) Concordia Linn CKD 105 Track: 2 Thomas Campion: Author of Light (4th Book) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute) David Miller (theorbo, lute) HYPERION CDA 67268 Track: 22.