Exaudi seem to be one of the few professional vocal groups espousing genuinely contemporary vocal music. Incredibly difficult stuff to sing. Picking random notes from the ether, However in their Wigmore Hall programme, called Chromatic Renaissance, more than half the programme was from 16th century chromaticists. Not just Gesualdo as one might expect, but Lassus, Marenzio and others. Also pretty difficult.
The concluding Gesualdo pieces were especially beautiful, IMO.
In a programme they've called Chromatic Renaissance, leading vocal ensemble EXAUDI present a feast of expressive music from 16th- and 17th-century Italy interspersed with music by living composers who have gone beyond chromaticism to microtonality. But they begin with Franco-Flemish composer Orlando de Lassus whose Prophetiae Sibyllarum is one of most famous and celebrated examples of extreme Renaissance chromaticism.
Presented live from Wigmore Hall by Martin Handley.
Orlande de Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selection)
Nicolà Vicentino: Musica prisca caput; Soave e dolce ardore
Elisabet Dijkstra: here, now (world premiere)
Sylvia Lim: paper wings
Luzzasco Luzzaschi: O voi che sospirate
Luca Marenzio: Quivi sospiri
Christopher Fox: senso commune
Carlo Gesualdo: Itene, o miei sospiri; Deh, come invan sospiro; Asciugate i begli occhi; Languisce al fin
EXAUDI
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
Lucy Goddard (mezzo)
Tom Williams (countertenor)
David de Winter, Stephen Jeffes (tenor)
Jimmy Holliday (bass)
James Weeks (director)
The concluding Gesualdo pieces were especially beautiful, IMO.
In a programme they've called Chromatic Renaissance, leading vocal ensemble EXAUDI present a feast of expressive music from 16th- and 17th-century Italy interspersed with music by living composers who have gone beyond chromaticism to microtonality. But they begin with Franco-Flemish composer Orlando de Lassus whose Prophetiae Sibyllarum is one of most famous and celebrated examples of extreme Renaissance chromaticism.
Presented live from Wigmore Hall by Martin Handley.
Orlande de Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selection)
Nicolà Vicentino: Musica prisca caput; Soave e dolce ardore
Elisabet Dijkstra: here, now (world premiere)
Sylvia Lim: paper wings
Luzzasco Luzzaschi: O voi che sospirate
Luca Marenzio: Quivi sospiri
Christopher Fox: senso commune
Carlo Gesualdo: Itene, o miei sospiri; Deh, come invan sospiro; Asciugate i begli occhi; Languisce al fin
EXAUDI
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
Lucy Goddard (mezzo)
Tom Williams (countertenor)
David de Winter, Stephen Jeffes (tenor)
Jimmy Holliday (bass)
James Weeks (director)
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