I have attached a link to the piece of music I played at the RCM charity concert (thanks Russell for hosting it), this piece is my studio recorded version, as no recording was made at the concert. It was originally wrongly attributed to the Williams manuscript instead of Saizany, so a couple of you will have heard this before wrongly described.
Chaccone
Not a download for dial-up, sorry!
Terry and Larry also asked to see a picture of my old house, this one probably shows it best. This view is of the new part of the house when the front was altered in about 1620 (to meet the latest fashion and to reflect the wealth of the owner), the rear of the house is late 15th/early 16th century, Henry VII or Henry VIII period. It's an oak frame of course built with green oak and pegged together, no nails. The first floor is 'jetted' out over the ground floor so that weight of the walls counter balances the weigth of the floor boards and furniture in the upper rooms. There are no foundations, the The lower portion has had bricks added in the 17th century, but they are just decorative, the main timbers sit on Ragstone rocks set in a trench, forming the foundations. Roof is traditional Kent pegtiles.
The house opposite mine on the green is much older! Originally a "Hall House", one single room with a hole in the roof to let the smoke from the open grate out, it has of course been updated over the centuries but the original oak frame dates from late 13th/early 14th century.
Colin
