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The City Musick
The Topping Tooters of the Town - Music of the London Waits 1550-1650
Part of the York Early Music Festival
Add to my Calendar 16-07-2016 18:00 16-07-2016 20:00 36 The City Musick William Lyons shawm, recorder, bagpipes Nicholas Perry shawm, cornett, recorder, bagpipesSarah Humphrys shawm, recorder Richard Thomas cornett, recorder, bagpipesGawain Glenton cornett, recorder George Bartle sackbut, voice Tom Lees sackbut ‘These are the topping tooters of the town, and have gowns, silver chains, and salaries, for playing “Lilliburlero” to my Lord Mayor's horse through the city.' Join us for a celebration of the music of the ‘waits’ – urban musicians who were famed in London for artistry and skills on a par with those at the court. Waits were wind players first and foremost, ‘Topping Tooters’ who played on cornetts, sackbuts, recorders and bagpipes. The concert contains music for ceremony, civic procession, sophisticated masques and theatre pieces as well as popular dances and songs for performance in a tavern and communal halls. National Centre for Early Music, York DD/MM/YYYYDetails
National Centre for Early Music
St Margaret's Church
Walmgate
York
YO1 9TL
England
Programme
Anonymous – Music for Ceremony
Performers
The City Musick
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Programme Note
William Lyons shawm, recorder, bagpipes Nicholas Perry shawm, cornett, recorder, bagpipes
Sarah Humphrys shawm, recorder Richard Thomas cornett, recorder, bagpipes
Gawain Glenton cornett, recorder George Bartle sackbut, voice Tom Lees sackbut
‘These are the topping tooters of the town, and have gowns, silver chains, and salaries, for playing “Lilliburlero” to my Lord Mayor's horse through the city.' Join us for a celebration of the music of the ‘waits’ – urban musicians who were famed in London for artistry and skills on a par with those at the court. Waits were wind players first and foremost, ‘Topping Tooters’ who played on cornetts, sackbuts, recorders and bagpipes. The concert contains music for ceremony, civic procession, sophisticated masques and theatre pieces as well as popular dances and songs for performance in a tavern and communal halls.
