Saturday
Catherine Bott presents a profile of the great Spanish composer, Tomás Luis de Victoria, who died in 1611. He dedicated his musical life to the Church, working both in his native Spain and in Italy; all his compositions are vocal, sacred and in Latin. Although he was not as prolific a composer as some of his contemporaries, Victoria is now generally regarded as one of the greatest of Renaissance composers, his music characterised by its emotional intensity. Catherine Bott celebrates the genius of his music, and plays recordings of some of Victoria's powerfully moving music, including settings of Marian antiphons and Mass settings.
Performers include The Cardinall’s Musick and Gabrieli Consort
Sunday
Lucie Skeaping features renaissance music recorded at last summer's Skálholt Festival in Iceland. This historic village has been a religious centre since the Middle Ages and its cathedral, perched high above the magnificent expanse of the River Hvita, plays host to many of the festival concerts. This concert features just three musicians - one Icelandic and two French: Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir on the piccolo cello, Mathurin Matharel on the bass violin and Brice Sailly on the harpsichord. They perform Renaissance repertoire from Italy and Spain, including music by Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Picchi and Diego Ortiz.
Pity, there’s no Icelandic Renaissance music. Never mind. Just to imagine a church in the medieval Iceland is amazing enough.
Catherine Bott presents a profile of the great Spanish composer, Tomás Luis de Victoria, who died in 1611. He dedicated his musical life to the Church, working both in his native Spain and in Italy; all his compositions are vocal, sacred and in Latin. Although he was not as prolific a composer as some of his contemporaries, Victoria is now generally regarded as one of the greatest of Renaissance composers, his music characterised by its emotional intensity. Catherine Bott celebrates the genius of his music, and plays recordings of some of Victoria's powerfully moving music, including settings of Marian antiphons and Mass settings.
Performers include The Cardinall’s Musick and Gabrieli Consort
Sunday
Lucie Skeaping features renaissance music recorded at last summer's Skálholt Festival in Iceland. This historic village has been a religious centre since the Middle Ages and its cathedral, perched high above the magnificent expanse of the River Hvita, plays host to many of the festival concerts. This concert features just three musicians - one Icelandic and two French: Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir on the piccolo cello, Mathurin Matharel on the bass violin and Brice Sailly on the harpsichord. They perform Renaissance repertoire from Italy and Spain, including music by Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Picchi and Diego Ortiz.
Pity, there’s no Icelandic Renaissance music. Never mind. Just to imagine a church in the medieval Iceland is amazing enough.
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