COTW Victoria

[DracoM]

Tomas Luis de Victoria is COTW w/beginning Monday, 22nd August @ noon / 6.30 p.m.

[Simon]

I think he's been on before Draco - but nonetheless we're in for some treats. Thanks!

[french frank]

There's no indication on the schedule that this is a repeat: first broadcast 22 August 2011.

[Simon]

Indeed, ff - thank you - somebody has emailed me to tell me that what I was probably recalling was an early music programme a couple of years ago that featured The Earthquake and that a few of us enthused about.

So it's a first on CotW for Tomas - great stuff!

[mopsus]

No, he was COTW in July 2008. I don't normally listen to the programme but made the effort to do so in this case. It was rather hampered by the relative lack of personal documents relating to the composer, though we do know a lot about where and how he spent his life.
See:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnxf/episodes/2008

[french frank]

So it's a first on CotW for Tomas - great stuff!

Not a first for Victoria, but it's certainly being presented as a first for these broadcasts. Both seem to follow V's career chronologically but last time it was in the company of Jeremy Summerly. The playlists for the two Episode 2s are quite different. New material or a rehash of the previous programmes? Either way, there will be a lot of glorious music.

[gainasbass]

I understand that this year - 2011 - is the 400th Anniversary of his death.

[french frank]

I understand that this year - 2011 - is the 400th Anniversary of his death.

Ah, yes, good ol' Wiki. He died on 27 August 1611. Probably unkind to call it a 'rehash' but no doubt building on the research that was done for the previous programmes!

[gainasbass]

Ah, yes, good ol' Wiki. He died on 27 August 1611. Probably unkind to call it a 'rehash' but no doubt building on the research that was done for the previous programmes!

Actually I was reminded of this anniversary when I was looking through the 2011-2012 UK Concert Season of The Sixteen. "The Choral Pilgramage 2011" has the theme "Hail, Mother of the Redeemer" featuring the works of Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611). The Schedule is:

September 2011
3 Saturday All Saints' Church, Boughton Aluph
15 Thursday Wells Cathedral
16 Friday Collegiate and Parish Church of St Mary, Swansea
17 Saturday Tewkesbury Abbey
22 Thursday City Church, Milton Keynes
24 Saturday Chapel of Reconciliation, Houghton St Giles, Walsingham
28 Wednesday Ealing Abbey
29 Thursday Southwell Minster
30 Friday Peterborough Cathedral
October 2011
1 Saturday King's Place, London
9 Sunday St Michael's, Tetbury
14 Friday Durham Cathedral
15 Saturday Greyfriar's Kirk, Edinburgh
16 Sunday Great Hall, Leeds
28 Friday Guildford Cathedral
November 2011
4 Friday St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
Details from - www.thesixteen.com

[Simon]

Good of them to manage to stray into the north of the country for, er, three of these concerts!

[Simon]

Not a first for Victoria, but it's certainly being presented as a first for these broadcasts. Both seem to follow V's career chronologically but last time it was in the company of Jeremy Summerly. The playlists for the two Episode 2s are quite different.

So, has he been on CotW before, as I thought initially, or was it, as per the email I received, as part of another programme that featured The Earthquake etc. and the era in general?

[gainasbass]

Yes Simon, I thought the same!

[DracoM]

Please note that that the EVENING start times for COTW vary this week:

Mon 6.30
Tues 6.30
Wed 6.00
Thur 6.00
Frid 6.30

[Richard Tarleton]

Actually I was reminded of this anniversary when I was looking through the 2011-2012 UK Concert Season of The Sixteen.

I'm planning a double dose - Swansea 16 Sept, Kings Place 1 Oct.

[french frank]

Please note that that the EVENING start times for COTW vary this week:

Mon 6.30
Tues 6.30
Wed 6.00
Thur 6.00
Frid 6.30

Thanks for noting that, Draco.

As there appears to be more interest here than on the CotW board, I'm copying over the details of the individual programmes with quick links, since all the playlists have now been posted on the R3 website:

In the week leading up to the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-27 August 1611):

1/5. A Life in the Service of God: Donald Macleod focuses on the religious fervour of Victoria's life and music.
2/5. Childhood and Education: Victoria's early life in the city of Avila.
3/5. Finding Work: Victoria's search for work in Rome.
4/5. A Priest in Rome: Victoria finds work as a musician inseparable from being a priest.
5/5. Return to Spain: Why, at the height of his success, Victoria decided to return home.