Hannah French explores Heinrich Schutz's 26 psalm settings, published 400 years ago this year, which were one of the first major collections of choral music in the German language.
Some excellent music in this show; not bleeding chunks. Also, the 'talking over' business was confined to one short item in the middle of the programme, the choral recit bit.
There was also time to explain Schutz's influences, his childhood 'discovery', his learning the polychoral style in Italy form Giovanni Gabrieli and his life employment.
C'mon website managers...update it!
Some excellent music in this show; not bleeding chunks. Also, the 'talking over' business was confined to one short item in the middle of the programme, the choral recit bit.
There was also time to explain Schutz's influences, his childhood 'discovery', his learning the polychoral style in Italy form Giovanni Gabrieli and his life employment.
C'mon website managers...update it!