L'Avventura London: EMS 9 November

[doversoul1]

Trade Roots. Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights of a concert recorded last Saturday at the Brighton Early Music Festival, in which L'Avventura London, directed by Zak Ozmo, performed African and Brazilian music held in the 16th- and 17th-century archives of the Santa Cruz monastery at Coimbra in Portugal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nql0f

[ardcarp]

Lots of esprit...a most enjoyable programme. What an amazing place the monastery of Sant Cruz at Coimbra must have been. Lucy asked Zak Ozmo (director) a very pertinent question about how much the pieces had been 'arranged' by him and his group. His answer seemed to indicate quite a lot! It rather reminded me of the 'treatment' David Munrow used to apply to make the music spring to life. I also got the impression that the group members did more than one thing (e.g. played more than one instrument and sang). BTW could anyone tell whether the alto/mezzo voice was male or female?

[Miles Coverdale]

BTW could anyone tell whether the alto/mezzo voice was male or female?

Female, surely?

[ardcarp]

Thanks MC. I was uncertain.