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Phillip A. Cooke (b. 1980) — Pavane & Galliard (in modo semplice) (2025) for organ
Carson Cooman, organ

0:00 | Pavane
4:36 | Galliard

The pavane and galliard are Renaissance dances that were popular throughout all of Europe during the 16th century. The pavane is a dance of slow, processional-like character. The galliard is vigorous and fast. These two dances became a common pairing: the slow pavane serving as a kind of prelude to the fast galliard; or from the alternate view, the galliard being a release of energy in response to the pavane. Like many historical dances, the musical forms stayed in use even after the popularity of the actual dancing had ended. The diptych pairing of pavane and galliard also served as a simpler proto-form for the later multi-movement dance suites that found sophisticated musical flowering in the Baroque era. The keyboard pavane and galliard pairs in late 16th century and early 17th century collections—such as William Byrd’s “My Ladye Nevells Booke” and the “Fitzwilliam Virginal Book”—have remained in the repertoire to the present. As with many historical musical forms with roots in dance, composers have continued to be inspired by these to produce new pieces looking at these old forms with their own perspective.

English composer Phillip A. Cooke (b. 1980) was born in Cumbria. He studied at Durham and Manchester Universities and for a PhD with Anthony Powers at Cardiff University. He is strongly influenced by his native Lake District and by the history, culture and people of the region. His main musical influences are found in continuing and reconciling a pastoral British tradition, seeking to work within this tradition in much of his output. As well as a composer, he is active as a writer on music having written articles and chapters on composers such as James MacMillan, Edward Elgar, Herbert Howells and Francis Pott. He co-edited a book of essays on Howells which was published by Boydell and Brewer in October 2013 and wrote the first major study on MacMillan’s music (The Music of James MacMillan) that was published by the same publishers in June 2019. From 2007–08, Cooke was a Career Development Fellow at the Faculty of Music, Oxford University and a Junior Research Fellow (2007–10) at The Queen’s College, Oxford University. He was composition tutor at Eton College from 2011–12. In January 2013, he was appointed a Lecturer in Composition at the University of Aberdeen, becoming Deputy Head in 2015, Senior Lecturer in 2017 and was Head of Music from 2018–21. He became Professor of Composition in July 2022.