TRANPORTS PUBLICS
presentation and programmes 2015 - 2016
1. Dances, divisions, ayres and sonata by Anthony POOLE (1629 1692)
To this day, the legacy of viola da gamba-virtuoso, improviser andcomposer Anthony Poole is overshadowed by more famouscontemporaries such as Purcell and Lully. Reason enough for gamba
player Thomas Baeté and his ensemble Transports Publics to get theirteeth into his music.
Poole was born in northern England, but because his parents wanted togive him a Catholic upbringing, he was sent as a boy to the College ofEnglish Jesuits in Saint-Omer in French Flanders, where he built hiscareer as a musician and music educator.
Anthony Pooles' music reflects 17th century Flanders as a crossroads ofinfluences from the four corners of Europe. You might hear the sweet
harmonies of Buxtehude or Pachelbel, then echoes of Elizabethan
England, the panache of French dance steps, or even the popular tunesof Italian Ciaconna. But above all in this personal mix of styles echoes
the improvisational talent of this forgotten musician.

PROGRAMME
Sonata à 3 St. Justinas: Divisions on a ground  A Division upon a Ground Basse by Mr Anthony Poole (from theJohn Playford 1685 The Division Violin)  Suite in E minor  Praeludium - Aria - Courante - Sarabrand – Alman  A Second Division upon a Ground Basse by Mr Anth Poole (fromthe John Playford 1685 The Division Violin)  6 Division - ayres in D minor/major  Division to a ground in D minor • Ciacona in C major TRANSPORTS PUBLICS (6) features Annelies Decock, baroque violin 

Elisabeth Seitz, psaltery 

Jan Van Outryve, archlute 

Geesje Liedmeier, violone Korneel Bernolet, virginals •

Thomas Baeté, bass viol and artistic leader

MusicforJohn GOSTLING (1650 - 1733)
This programme is conceived around the personality of John
Gostling, a singer and a Church of England clergyman. Extremely
famous as a bass-baritone in his day for both his range and power,
he received particular attention from composers such as HenryPurcell, who explored extreme possibilities of expression within thewide tessitura of Gostling’s voice. A very important source ofEnglish church music in the 17th century was copied by the singer
himself in 1706 and is now preserved as the “Gostling Manuscript”.
The impressive anthem “They that go down to the sea in ships” wascomposed by Purcell at Gostling’s request after King Charles II andhimself had providentially saved their lives from shipwreck.
Taken from the Gostling Manuscript, a fine selection of anthems by
Henry Purcell, his teacher Pelham Humpfrey, and his successor
John Blow will be rendered in a one-to-a-part version, thus bringing
out the highly personal expression of the music.
PROGRAMME O, Sing unto the Lord  Like as the Heart  Suite in d/D (Fantazie – Courante – Ayre – Saraband)  Save me o God, for the Waters are come in 
 Hosanna to the highest  They that go down to the sea in ships  In guilty Night (Saul and the Witch of Endor)  Chacony • Psalm 107 TRANSPORTS PUBLICS (9) features: Lisandro Abadie , Bass-baritone as John Gostling Griet Degeyter, soprano 

Steve Dugardin, countertenor 

Kevin Skelton, tenor 

Varoujan Donejan en Jivka Kaltcheva, baroque violin Manuela Bucher, baroque alto violin

Jan Van Outryve, archlute Bart Naessens, organ •Thomas Baeté, viol and artistic leader•Transports Publics is the name of the new vehicle throughwhich Thomas Baeté conveys his artistic projects. At thecore of those projects, there can be a historical figure, aphilosifical idea or a forgotten manuscript. But each time,
the goal is to bring out the contemporary relevance of old

music, and, first of all: to transport the people who listen
to it! 