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Ecco la Primavera

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Ecco la Primavera
Ecco la Primavera... Spring is here!

UPDATED 10 APRIL 2026

We're hopeful, happy and giddy in anticipation of what Spring might bring, and this beautiful playlist of music from the 14th to 16th centuries perfectly reflects these timeless sentiments. This springtime playlist opens (and closes) with Landini's ballata Ecco la Primavera, composed in the 14th century, celebrating spring and love.

The playlist is available on Spotify.

Francesco Landini: Ecco la Primavera

Anonymous 4

Marco Uccellini: La Bergamasca

Red Priest

Thomas Morley: Arise, awake, awake

I Fagiolini

Christopher Simpson: No. 11, Aire in D Major

Chelys Consort of Viols

William Byrd: This Sweet and merry Month of May

Helen Charlston, Chelys Consort of Viols

Tarquinio Merula: Ciaccona

L'Arpeggiata

Salamone Rossi: Sonata quarta sopra l'arie di Ruggiero

The Brook Street Band

Marco Uccellini: L'Emenfrodito

The Arcadian Academy

Francesco Landini: Ecco la Primavera

Early Music Consort of London

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