Renaissance

Ave Maria… Virgo Serena (Hail, Mary… Serene Virgin) Josquin

Pope Marcellus Mass, Palestrina

As Vesta Was Descending, Thomas Weelkes (Madrigal)

Passamezzo and Galliard, Pierre Francisque Carouble, from Terpsichore, Michael Praetorius

Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone
John Farmer (1599)

Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone,
Feeding her flock near to the mountainside.
The shepherds knew not whither she was gone,
But after her lover Amyntas hied.
He wandered up and down, whilst she was missing,
When he found her, oh then they fell a-kissing.

Now is the Month of Maying
Thomas Morley (1593)

Now is the month of maying,
When merry lads are playing, fa la…
Each with his bonny lass
Upon thegreeny grass. Fa la…

The spring, clad all in gladness,
Doth laugh at winter’s sadness. Fa la…
And to the bagpipes sound
The nymphs tread out their ground. Fa la…

Fie then! Why sit we musing,
Youth’s sweet delight refusing? Fa la…
Say, dainty nymphs, and speak
Shall we play barley break? Fa la…