The Women of Renaissance Ferrara

[ardcarp]

All a bit superlative this thread, but rightly so. I thought this week's CotW was absolutely brilliant, and I really loved the performances of all the music played. Especially intriguing today was to hear how Ferrara ended up as Papal property and how Luzzaschi's m/s were handed over (virtually at sword-point) to a cardinal from Mantua...where of course Marenzio and Monteverdi worked.

I remember as an undergrad learning about 'The Three Ladies of Ferrara'. It seems there were many more than three!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

All a bit superlative this thread, but rightly so. I thought this week's CotW was absolutely brilliant, and I really loved the performances of all the music played. Especially intriguing today was to hear how Ferrara ended up as Papal property and how Luzzaschi's m/s were handed over (virtually at sword-point) to a cardinal from Mantua...where of course Marenzio and Monteverdi worked.

I remember as an undergrad learning about 'The Three Ladies of Ferrara'. It seems there were many more than three!

- and a particular joy for me was hearing the wonderful and greatly missed Tessa Bonner in the last three items of the final programme this week. All five programmes have represented R3 - and the BBC - at its very considerable best.

[jean]

A great first episode based around St Catherine of Bologna. Donald recorded the programme in Ferrara (makes good radio). All early stuff today (mid-15th C) beautifully performed with fine straight voices in a generous acoustic. Usual exceellent historical background.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h0j1p

Just listening again to this before it disappears - did anyone else hear that snatch of news about Venezuela intruding itself into the last item?