The Topping Tooters of the Town / Lyons, The City Musick

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
October 20, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DOWLAND MORLEY RAVENSCROFT
    • PERFORMER
      City Musick, Lyons
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 20, 2017
    • UPC
      822252236422
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2364
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. The Night Watch

      Composer: Antony Holborne

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    2. Ayre No. 18, "The Bull Maske"

      Composer: John Adson

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    3. Ayre No. 20

      Composer: John Adson

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    4. Ayre No. 21

      Composer: John Adson

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    5. Pavan

      Composer: Peter Philips

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    6. Galliard

      Composer: Peter Philips

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    7. The Quadran Pavan (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    8. Turkeyloney (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    9. The Earl of Essex Measures (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    10. Tinternell (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    11. The Old Almain (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    12. The Queen's Almaine (arr. W. Lyons for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    13. The Celilia Almain

      Composer: Antony Holborne

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    14. Black Almain (arr. W. Lyons for arr. for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    15. See, see, myne owne sweet jewell

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    16. Hould out, my hart

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    17. Crewell You Pull Away to Soone

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    18. Psalm 100, "All people that on earth do dwell"

      Composer: John Dowland

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    19. Psalm 68, "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered"

      Composer: Richard Allison

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    20. Psalm 149, "Sing Ye unto the Lord our God"

      Composer: Simon Stubbs

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    21. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Psalm 117, "O praise the Lord, all ye nations"

      Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    22. Pavan, "Paradizo"

      Composer: Antony Holborne

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    23. Lullaby

      Composer: Antony Holborne

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    24. The cradle

      Composer: Antony Holborne

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    25. The English Dancing Master, Vol. 1: Pauls Wharfe

      Composer: John Playford

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    26. All ye who love

      Composer: Valentin Haussmann

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    27. Lilliburlero

      Composer: John Playford

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    28. Maiden Lane

      Composer: John Playford

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    29. Halfe Hannikin

      Composer: John Playford

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons

    30. Sellengers Rownde

      Composer: John Playford

      Ensemble: The City Musick

      Conductor: William Lyons


“Why these are the city waits, who play every winter’s night through the streets to rouse each lazy drone to family duty. 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.” This 1709 reference to a professional band of musicians conjures the thriving city of London in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The band’s sound is replicated on this release by the modern-day namesake The City Musick directed by foremost expert in the field William Lyons (who is also director of the Grammy-nominated Dufay Collective). The drones of dulcians and cornets, sackbuts and shawms, evoke the era’s civic events, theatrical productions and liturgical services, paying homage to the unsung talents of the Waits from the period when their reputation was at its zenith. The City Musick was formed to explore the diverse repertoire of civic and court wind players in 16th and 17th century Europe and is now firmly established as the premier renaissance wind band in the UK.