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No more shall meads be deck​’​d with flow​’​rs, by Nicholas Lanier (1588​-​1666)

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"No more shall meads be deck’d with flow’rs", by Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666) is a setting of poetry by Thomas Carew. Lanier’s arrangement of this evocative ayre, with its many references to the natural world, is set to a ground—or chords improvised upon a bass line in a progression known as the chaconne. We like to think of the Celia in question is Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music. With its wide range of high and low notes, we used this performance of the song as a test for microphone placement in our first recording session, and thus it is Mignarda's very first recording.

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No more shall meads be deck’d with flow’rs,
Nor sweetness live in rosy bow’rs,
Nor greenest buds on branches spring,
Nor warbling birds delight to sing,
Nor April violets paint the grove,
When once I leave my Celia’s love.

The fish shall in the ocean burn,
And fountains sweet shall bitter turn;
The humble vale no floods shall know,
When floods shall highest hills o’erflow:
Black Lethe shall oblivion leave,
Before my Celia I deceive.

Love shall his bow and shafts lay by,
And Venus’ doves want wings to fly:
The sun refuse to show his light,
And day shall then be turned to night;
And in that night no star appear,
Whene’er I leave my Celia dear.

Love shall no more inhabit Earth,
Nor lovers more shall love for worth;
Nor joy above in Heaven dwell,
Nor pain torment poor souls in hell:
Grim Death no more shall horrid prove,
Whene’er I leave bright Celia’s love.

-Thomas Carew

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from On behalf of the muses, released February 18, 2019
music by Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666)
poetry by Thomas Carew

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Mignarda Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more

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