The French Ambassadors – Music Associated with the Painting by Hans Holbein (1533)
| Anonymous (early 16th century) | The hunt is up |
| Diego Ortiz (c.1510 – c.1570) | Recercarda segunda |
| Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) | Mensch wiltu leben |
| Antoine Busnois (c.1430 – 1492) | Fortuna desperata |
| Josquin Despres (c.1440 – 1521) | Pleni sunt coeli |
| William Cornysh (d. 1523) | Adiew my hertes lust |
| Johannes Prioris (c.1460 – c.1514) | Dulcis amica Dei |
| William Cornysh | Whiles life or breath |
| Anonymous (c.1525) | The Kyng’s Pavan |
| Claudin de Sermisy (c.1490 – 1562) | Tant que vivray |
| Jacques Barbireau (c.1420 – 1491) | Een vroylic wesen |
| Ludwig Senfl (c.1486 – c.1543) | Mein Fleiss und Müeh |
| Anonymous | Heven and erth |
| Puzzle Canon | |
| Harto de tanta porfia | |
| Diego Ortiz | Doulce memoire |
| Anonymous/John Taverner (c.1490 – 1545) | Westron wynde |
| Anonymous | La bell fyne |
| Martin Luther | Komm, heiliger Geist |
- FROTTOLA
- Jennie Cassidy voice
- Philip Thorby recorder &
viol - Jacob Heringman lute
- with Jack Edwards reader
- devised by Jennie Cassidy
This fascinating and acclaimed programme creates a ‘sound picture’ of one of Holbein’s greatest and most enigmatic paintings. Drawing on many literary, musical and pictorial sources, it explores the complex layers of imagery in the painting, including those that refer to the intellectual and artistic interests of the French aristocrats portrayed in the painting, and the life and loves of Henry VIII’s court. Music by Henry VIII, William Cornysh, Antoine Busnois, Josquin des Pres and others.