Wieland Kuijken and Jacques Arcadelt

[doversoul1]

Saturday
Catherine Bott talks to the legendary Dutch viola da gamba player Wieland Kuijken about his life in music, interspersed with highlights of his recent concert at the 2013 York Early Music Festival. Featuring music by Couperin, Forqueray and Marin Marais.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xphh

Sunday
At the Hermitage in St Petersburg hangs one of Caravaggio's most famous paintings: the Lute Player. An androgynous young man looks out at us as he plucks the strings of this most iconic of Renaissance instruments, and a music book lies in front of him. Close inspection reveals that not only has Caravaggio carefully painted a real piece of lute music, but we can even identify its composer - Jacques Arcadelt.[…]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xqrz

CD Review
9.05
Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons: Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin, director)

9.40
Purcell: Complete Music For Strings: Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)
Purcell: How pleasant ‘tis to Love!: Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Scherzi Musicali, Nicholas Achten (baritone, harp, director)
Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge: Ensemble Correspondances, Sebastien Dauce

[Roehre]

I definitely will listen to Sunday's EMS, as Arcadelt is a composer worth discovering/hearing.

for the Kuijken EMS, I'm afraid I still have to get used to (viola da)gambas, still not a real fan of these.....

[amateur51]

I definitely will listen to Sunday's EMS, as Arcadelt is a composer worth discovering/hearing.

for the Kuijken EMS, I'm afraid I still have to get used to (viola da)gambas, still not a real fan of these.....

A confession: I have not heard of Jacques Arcadelt nor any of his music.

So I'll be listening to this programme, ever-willing to learn. Many thanks to dovers for the alert and to Roehre for the recommendation.

[Black Swan]

I will be listen as well. I heard the performance live at the York Early Music Festival. And will definitely listen on Sunday as I do not think I have heard Arcadelt's work.

[jean]

Arcadelt was one of those Flemings who spent so much time in Italy before the Italians themselves really got going.

Here's the Caravaggio referred to in the OP:



(But I bet you can't read the score)

[Roehre]

Arcadelt was one of those Flemings who spent so much time in Italy before the Italians themselves really got going.

Here's the Caravaggio referred to in the OP:



(But I bet you can't read the score)

the majority of flemish-dutch polyphonists did so

[gamba]

I definitely will listen to Sunday's EMS, as Arcadelt is a composer worth discovering/hearing.

for the Kuijken EMS, I'm afraid I still have to get used to (viola da)gambas, still not a real fan of these.....

" Oh woe is me "

gamba, ( in great distress )

[jean]

the majority of flemish-dutch polyphonists did so

Not from a reproduction that size, though!

I was talking to all you reading this thread.

[Roehre]

Good Arcadelt programme, and apart from the very first item (Ave Maria, too English in sound and diction) excellent performances/recordings were used too.