On Valentine’s Day, English early-music vocal ensemble Stile Antico and Fretwork release a new album on Harmonia Mundi of neglected music for domestic devotions from the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Here is a beautiful introduction, featuring “When David Heard” by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656):
http://youtu.be/uKiyQS585hw
John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in 1988, was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012, and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler.
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