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Songs of Love and Marriage

Benjamin Thorn and Wayne Madden present a journey through 600 years of music on the theme of love. You'll find rarely heard works by Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini as well as the more familiar music of Telemann and Ortiz.

Wayne Madden (spinet/percussion) and well-known Australian composer/recorder player Benjamin Thorn present a journey through 600 years of music on the theme of love. You'll find rarely heard works by Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini as well as the more familiar music of Telemann and Ortiz. Thorn's own arrangements and compositions are interspersed to give a more contemporary angle on a timeless subject.

Artist

Benjamin Thorn

Benjamin Thorn is a composer and recorder player based in Armidale NSW. He has written music for a wide range of instrumental and vocal combinations but has gained greatest recognition for his works for the recorder. He edited the acclaimed two volume collection of mostly Australian recorder music ‘Recorders at large’ (Currency Press) and has edited various seventeenth century works for Saraband.


Press quote

“There is no doubting the talent of Benjamin Thorn ... and, on the evidence of the pure music he has contributed to this exploration of songs of love and marriange spanning six centuries, he is capable of creating tunes of high quality.”

— Bob Crimeen, Sunday Herald Sun

Audio preview

Track Listing

    Seven Dances from the Wedding Divertissement Georg Philipp Telemann

  1. Sarabande
  2. Menuet
  3. Rigaudon
  4. Gigue
  5. Loure
  6. Bouree
  7. Passepied
  8. Il lamento di Tristano e rotta Benjamin Thorn (Anonymous)
  9. Trotto Benjamin Thorn (Anonymous)
  10. Chi brama in amore Barbara Strozzi
  11. Miei pensieri Barbara Strozzi
  12. Se volete cosi Barbara Strozzi

    13. Songs for My Father's Wedding Benjamin Thorn

  13. Introduction
  14. Rise Up, My Love

    15. Songs for my Father's Wedding Benjamin Thorn

  15. Awake! North wind
  16. Come, My Love

    17. Where's the Other One? Benjamin Thorn

  17. 1st movement
  18. 2nd movement
  19. 3rd movement

    20. Donna di maesta Barbara Strozzi

  20. Allegro
  21. Presto

    22. Pype and Droom and ... Benjamin Thorn

  22. 1st movement
  23. 2nd movement
  24. 3rd movement

    25. Two Motets Francesca Caccini

  25. Laudate Dominum
  26. Haec est dies
  27. The Waters of Babylon Benjamin Thorn
  28. Passamezzo antico Nicolaus Ammerbach Benjamin Thorn

    29. The Voice of the Crocodile Benjamin Thorn

  29. 1st movement
  30. 2nd movement
  31. 3rd movement

    32. Four Recercadas Benjamin Thorn Diego Ortiz

  32. Recercada primera
  33. Recercada settima
  34. Recercada ottava
  35. Recercada segunda

Performers

Composer

Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes.


Where to buy

Songs of Love and Marriage is available for download from the iTunes Music Store.
It's available for streaming through Apple Music.

Songs of Love and Marriage is available as as CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer secure online ordering.

Move CDs can be ordered through music retailers across Australia including Readings.

Product details

List price
$25.00 AUD
Release date
1999
Copyright
© 1999 Move Records
Phonogram
℗ 1999 Move Records
Categories
Australian, Classical, Early music
Catalogue number
MD 3219
Alternate catalogue number
MD3219
Barcode
EAN 9314574321920