Peter Warlock’s real name was Peter Heseltine – he chose Warlock due to an obsession with occult. He was close friends with the composer Delius, and had a deep interest in early music.
Following on from Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, Warlock’s Capriol Suite was composed thirteen years later in 1926. He took themes from Thoinot Arbeau’s Orchésographie (an anthology of Renaissance dances) and fleshed them out into a suite of six movements.
- Basse-Danse, Allegro moderato, D minor
- Pavane, Allegretto, ma un poco lento, G minor
- Tordion, Con moto, G minor
- Bransles, Presto, G minor
- Pieds-en-l’air, Andante tranquillo, G major
- Mattachins (Sword Dance), Allegro con brio, F major
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