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Breathtaking and Ah Dolente Partita

wed 24 may 2017
Theme: Early Music

In Concertzender Live on Thursday 25th May two recent Early Music concert recordings. The concerts took place in TivoliVredenburg Utrecht: Breathtaking with soprano Hana Blažíková and cornettist Bruce Dickey, and the Fabulous Fringeconcert by The Windsor Consort during the Early Music Festival 2016.

Cornet and song
In the programme ‘Breathtaking’ the sound combination between the cornet and the human voice is central. Soprano Hana Blažíková and cornettist Bruce Dickey (see photo) play music beginning around 1600, the growth period for the cornet, with motets by Sigismondo D’India and concludes at the end of the 17th century with the opera-aria’s of Alessandro Scarlatti.

Hana Blažíková and Bruce Dickey are accompanied by gamba player Mieneke van der Velden and Kris Verhelst on organ and harpsichord.
This concert was played on Wednesday 15th Marcht 2017 in Hertz, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht.

Love Affair
Our second concert recording is the Fabulous Fringeconcert by The Windsor Consort during the Early Music Festival 2016. The programme is called “Ah Dolente Partita: The Love Affair of Amarilli and Mirtillo” and includes madrigals by Monteverdi, Gastoldi and Marenzio.

The Windsor Consort is a youthful Dutch vocal ensemble consisting of Mónica Monteiro (soprano), Victoria Cassano (mezzo-soprano), William Knight (alto), João Moreira (tenor) en Andrew Hopper (bass).

This concert took place on 27th August 2016 in the Grote Zaal of TivoliVredenburg.

Broadcasts:

  • Thursday 25th May 2017, 20.00 – 22.00
  • Friday 2nd June 2017, 15.00 – 17.00

Here is the playlist in the programme guide.