The City of Antwerp
Lucie Skeaping looks at the musical life of the Flemish city of Antwerp from the 15th-18th centuries, with music from composers who lived and worked there, including Jacobus Barbireau, Joachim van den Hove, Guilielmus Massaus and Leonora Duarte.
I was particularly struck by the 6 viol sonatas of Leonora, a member of the very musical Duarte family. It also struck me how many Antwerp musicians were also philosophers, diplomats and mathematicians. At first I didn't twig that the person Lucie pronounced (in correct Dutch) as 'High Hens' was in fact Huygens whose famous Construction we all learned about in A-level Physics. (It's to do with wave fronts, including the electromagnetic sort.)
An enjoyable programme. Did anyone find that Elizabeth Kenny's lute sounded strangely 'twangy' compared with others? She's a fine player, of course.
Lucie Skeaping looks at the musical life of the Flemish city of Antwerp from the 15th-18th centuries, with music from composers who lived and worked there, including Jacobus Barbireau, Joachim van den Hove, Guilielmus Massaus and Leonora Duarte.
I was particularly struck by the 6 viol sonatas of Leonora, a member of the very musical Duarte family. It also struck me how many Antwerp musicians were also philosophers, diplomats and mathematicians. At first I didn't twig that the person Lucie pronounced (in correct Dutch) as 'High Hens' was in fact Huygens whose famous Construction we all learned about in A-level Physics. (It's to do with wave fronts, including the electromagnetic sort.)
An enjoyable programme. Did anyone find that Elizabeth Kenny's lute sounded strangely 'twangy' compared with others? She's a fine player, of course.
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