Derek Lee Ragin – countertenor & baritone (4,5,8,9)

Maya Homburger – baroque violin (1,2,3,4,5,9)

Barry Guy – double bass (1,2,3,4,5,6,9)

Peter Croton – lute (1,3,5,7,8,9), quinterne (4)

              ‘live’ recording

1) H.I.F. Biber (1644 – 1704)

Sonata #1, first movement from the Mystery Sonatas

2) Barry Guy (*1947)

Breathing earth, based on Biber Sonata #1

3) H.I.F. Biber

Sonata #1, last movement from the Mystery Sonatas

4) Arvo Pärt (*1935)

Sei gelobt du Baum (world premiere performance)

5) ) B. Guy

Lament- He Tangi

6) B. Guy

Odyssey for solo bass

7) Giovanni Kapsberger (ca. 1580 - 1651)

Toccata 1 for solo lute

8) Peter Croton (*1957)

In darkness let me dwell

9) P. Croton, words by John Dowland

Now o now