EM in Portugal & Spain

[doversoul1]

Saturday
Lourenço Rebelo, childhood friend of King Joao IV of Portugal
Lucie Skeaping explores the life of Joao Lourenço Rebelo, childhood friend of King Joao IV of Portugal with accompanying music from a concert given by the Huelgas Ensemble who perform Rebelo's Vespers and Lamentations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bzp57

Sunday
Spanish prodigy Francisco Guerrero
Catherine Bott explores the life and music of the Spanish prodigy Francisco Guerrero, who worked in Spain and Portugal, and had a series of eventful trips abroad, including a journey to the Holy Land. He became one of the most renowned composers of the Spanish "Golden Age of Polyphony" alongside Victoria and Morales and his music remained popular for hundreds of years

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bzqpt

[Roehre]

[QUOTE=doversoul;132063]Saturday
Lourenço Rebelo, childhood friend of King Joao IV of Portugal
Lucie Skeaping explores the life of Joao Lourenço Rebelo, childhood friend of King Joao IV of Portugal with accompanying music from a concert given by the Huelgas Ensemble who perform Rebelo's Vespers and Lamentations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bzp57

though the BBC R3 site tells us that all of these are recordings made by, or supplied by the EBU, all these works are to be found on one CD with the same performers on Sony Vivarte, and is part of the 15CD set A secret Labyrinth as well.

[ardcarp]

Heard the programme and enjoyed it. The Heulgas Ensemble seemed a little rough around the edges at times, but this was taken from a live concert, and they captured the spirit pretty well IMHO. Pleasure at hearing this new repertory undiminished.

[jean]

Wonderful programmes, both. We have so much to thank Bruno Turner for, that this repertoire is now much more mainstream.

The Agnus from Victoria's mass Simile est regnum caelorum, which ended today's programme, I think is one of the finest renaissance mass movements of all.

[DracoM]

I'm a real fan of the Huelgas. I like the less 'covered' tone they use, since it seems to give the music real character. I have their terrific CD of 40-part material eg Striggio issued a couple of years ago. Some startling stuff.