The Real John Bull

Skrzeczkowski, Maciej

RIC 462

Maciej Skrzeczkowski, the winner of the MA Competition in Bruges in 2023, devotes his new album to John Bull (1562 – 1628), an English composer who fled his country to take refuge in the Netherlands not only because of his Roman Catholic faith but also because of charges of immorality. There could be nothing more logical in this context than to use copies of English virginals as well as of a typical Dutch adaptation of the instrument known as the moeder en kind (mother and child). This association between English style and Dutch musical practice is clearly evident in John Bull’s works, as he had also been in contact with the Amsterdam organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

Works:

•John Bull: Een Kindeken is ons geboren;
• John Bull: Lord Lumley's Pavan;
• John Bull: Lord Lumley's Galliard;
• John Bull: Duke of Brunswick's Alman;
• John Bull: Duchess of Brunswick's Toy;
• John Bull: Prelude; 2 Fantasias;
• John Bull: In Nomine V & IX;
• John Bull: Chromatic Pavan;
• John Bull: Chromatic Galliard; Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la;
• John Bull: Bulls's Good Night; Melancholy Pavan;
• John Bull: Melancholy Galliard; Pavan "Saint Thomas, Wake";
• John Bull: Galliard "Saint Thomas, Wake";
• John Bull: Salvator mundi

CD x 1

Ricercar

2.09.2024

5400439004627