Lost Majesty: Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys Solomon's Knot

• George Jeffreys (1610 - 1685):
• 1 Jeffreys: Hark, shepherd swains 05:10
• 2 Jeffreys: Busy time this day 04:39
• 3 Jeffreys: Brightest of days 05:25
• 4 Jeffreys: Whisper it easily 05:31
• 5 Jeffreys: Rise heart; thy Lord is risen 06:41
• 6 Jeffreys: Look up, all eyes 04:43
• 7 Jeffreys: The Lord in thy adversity 07:54
• 8 Jeffreys: A music strange 06:43
• 9 Jeffreys: What praise can reach thy clemency (48kHz) 06:21
• 10 Jeffreys: Turn thee again (48kHz) 06:25
• 11 Jeffreys: Awake my soul (48kHz) 03:39
• 12 Jeffreys: How wretched is the state you all are in (48kHz) 04:38
• 13 Jeffreys: In the midst of life (48kHz) 04:15
• 14 Jeffreys: Turn thou us, O good Lord (48kHz) 05:10
• 15 Jeffreys: Great and marvellous are thy works (48kHz) 04:43
• 16 Jeffreys: He beheld the city (48kHz) 03:52
• Total Runtime 01:25:49

Info for Lost Majesty: Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys

The recording of this composer’s extraordinary vocal music was made at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire, where this one-time organist to Charles I lived and worked for the Hatton family. Thanks to the kind permission of English Heritage, and the generous donations of so many of our supporters, we have the pleasure of bringing the forgotten composer of the English 17th century back into the light.

The double album features all of Jeffreys’ works for 4 and 5 voices with continuo, including many world-premiere recordings. It is released on the Prospero Classical label: streaming services on 8 December 2023 & in physical form in February 2024 worldwide.

Solomon’s Knot

Solomon’s Knot
is “one of the UK’s most innovative and imaginative ensembles” (The Observer). We are an international, flexible collective of leading instrumentalists and singers who bring old music to new life by pushing the limits of what is possible on stage.

With no conductor, we sing everything from memory, integrating innovative live performance with scrupulous musical preparation to produce an intense and visceral experience for our audience. The group’s acclaimed sound is defined by tight, compact instrumental playing coupled with the vocal virtuosity of soloists who meld as an intuitive ensemble.

Performing regularly throughout the UK & Europe, Solomon’s Knot is the long-term Baroque Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall and we have appeared at the BBC Proms, Snape Maltings, Halle Handel Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Thüringer Bachwochen, Bach Academie Brugge and Tage Alter Musik Regensburg.

Collaboration is at the heart of our group’s ethos, working with stage directors, visual artists, ensembles, composers and choreographers to challenge and learn from what they do. These have included Tim Carroll, Federay Holmes, John La Bouchardière, Sven Werner, Mira Calix, Spira mirabilis and Les Passions de l’Ame.

In 2019 we released our debut CD with Sony Classical, Magnificat, featuring festive music by Schelle, Kuhnau and JS Bach; our production of L’ospedale – a baroque opera of unknown origin – is available on DVD, and our latest recording of Bach Motets was released in 2023.

2023 also marks the 15th anniversary of Solomon’s Knot, which we marked by presenting JS Bach’s Matthäus-Passion across Europe & UK. Future plans include Strozzi’s First Book of Madrigals, the start of our BACH300 series marking JS Bach’s appointment in Leipzig, and a tour of Handel’s Esther.

Booklet for Lost Majesty: Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys