Music from Renaissance Scotland as it would have been heard in the now-ruined Royal Chapel, whose lost acoustic has been reconstructed for a new recording by the Binchois Consort. Hannah French is joined by James Cook of Edinburgh University, who led the project to carry us back more than half a millennium to the great pleasure palace of the Kings of Scotland.
I really enjoyed the early 16th century music in this programme, and the connection with Robert Carver (and his tatty manuscript!) was fascinating. I was less certain about the scientific recreation of the acoustics of the now ruined chapel. Hmmm. It involved the Bionchois Consort recording in an anechoic chamber and then having their voices modified by some clever engineering. It sounded good (especially the countertenors) though if they'd just sung in a decent building I'm sure they'd have enjoyed it more and saved a lot of bother. But I gather it was part of a PhD exercise.
A lovely programme though, with a good ratio of music:talk.
Sorry for the late posting. I got a bit distracted by tennis on Sunday.
I really enjoyed the early 16th century music in this programme, and the connection with Robert Carver (and his tatty manuscript!) was fascinating. I was less certain about the scientific recreation of the acoustics of the now ruined chapel. Hmmm. It involved the Bionchois Consort recording in an anechoic chamber and then having their voices modified by some clever engineering. It sounded good (especially the countertenors) though if they'd just sung in a decent building I'm sure they'd have enjoyed it more and saved a lot of bother. But I gather it was part of a PhD exercise.
A lovely programme though, with a good ratio of music:talk.
Sorry for the late posting. I got a bit distracted by tennis on Sunday.
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