Jean Rondeau plays John Bull on original 16th-century virginal (Melancholy Pavan)

Melancholy Grace by Jean Rondeau is a poetic collection of keyboard music by European composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, representing two expressions of melancholy in music. Discover: https://w.lnk.to/jrmLY

Half of the pieces that the harpsichordist has selected for this album showcase composers who expressed melancholy through chromaticism. However, John Bull together with fellow Englishman John Dowland ("Flow, my tears") and other composers make up the other half of the program, which explores the musical expression of tears and weeping.

For these pieces, Jean records on a 16th-century Florentine arpicordo, or polygonal virginal (a compact harpsichord), produced around 1575 by an unknown maker, possibly Francesco Poggi.

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