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Then two pieces just by DaCapo's 22 voices: "When David Heard" by Thomas Weelkes was written in the early 1600s, and had great runs and harmonies.
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By this time, the Tallis singers were near top form, with basses soaring to open the Weelkes.
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The program is built around Elizabethan madrigals, and includes music by Byrd, Weelkes, Morley, Tompkins, and so on.
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They sang us old-time motettes, madrigals, ballads, and we were taken back to our own country by the soothing harmonies of Weelkes.
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Take here my heart, I give it thee for ever (Weelkes)
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In 1608 appeared Weelkes 'last work, "Airs or Fantastic Spirits for three voices," a collection of lively and humorous ditties.
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I have drawn freely from the madrigals of Weelkes, Morley, Farmer,
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Now every tree renews his summer's green (Weelkes)
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Like two proud armies marching in the field (Weelkes)
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The verses in Weelkes 'song-books are never heavy or laboured; they are always bright, cheerful, and arch.
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