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A little taster of our forthcoming CD dedicated to sacred music by Ockeghem & Josquin! This is a first edit of the beautiful motet Intemerata Dei Mater by Ockeghem (excerpt).
Keep an eye out for the CD release late in 2016 from Barn Cottage Records; it will also be available on iTunes and Amazon.
Where does the name “Capilla Cayrasco” come from?
Capilla Cayrasco is named after Bartolomé Cairasco (or Cayrasco) de Figueroa (1538-1610), a noted Canarian poet, playwright and musician. He is considered the father of Canarian literature.
“Capilla” is the Spanish for “Chapel”.
Bartolome Cairasco de Figueroa was born in Las Palmas (Canary Islands) in 1538, a descendant of Italo-Niçois/Genoese emigrants and aboriginal Canarians. After studies in Seville, Italy and Portugal he was ordained a priest and finally settled in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Cairasco de Figueroa cultivated the verso esdrújulo, a type of poetry of which he was to become the foremost exponent, receiving the admiration of the Spanish writers Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega, and exercising a major influence on the poet Luis de Góngora. His magnum opus was the ‘Templo Militante’, published in four volumes from 1602 to 1614.
In 1580 he founded the first humanist academy in the Canary Islands, the Academia del Jardín, attracting a great number of artists, literati and musicians. The beautiful square pictured above is the Plaza Cairasco in Las Palmas, complete with a monument to the great writer. The building behind the statue is built on the site of Cairasco’s own house, where his humanist academy held their meetings in the gardens.
Cairasco took an active part in the succesful defence of Gran Canaria against the attacks of the armadas led by the corsairs Francis Drake & John Hawkins (1595) and by Pieter van der Does (1599), victories which he celebrated in poetry.
A noted musician, composer of chanzonetas and madrigals, he was also a singer and organist in the cathedral, where he held the posts of Canon and Master of Ceremonies. Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa died in 1610, and is buried in the Capilla de Santa Catalina in Las Palmas Cathedral.
If you found this interesting and would like to know more about Capilla Cayrasco’s new CD of sacred music by Ockeghem and Josquin then please visit our Kickstarter project HERE. With 27 hours to go at the time of writing, we are delighted to say we have reached OVER our original goal and are now at 108%! However Kickstarter is still accepting pledges until the last minute of the campaign, and if our rewards tempt you then please feel free to continue pledging, every little helps us!
Want to know more about Barn Cottage Records, the recording company who will be recording Capilla Cayrasco’s new CD?
BCR is a cool little record company based in south-east England, which makes orchestral, chamber and vocal music albums. It is run by the multi-talented Robin Bigwood, and always has interesting projects in the pipeline. BCR sells CDs online and ships all over the world. Its catalogue is also downloadable via iTunes, Amazon and most other online stores, and its albums can be streamed from Spotify, Napster and other services.
BCR's other artists include the award-winning UK chamber groups Passacaglia, Fontanella, Feinstein Ensemble, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Bardos Band, and the Italian harpsichordist Anna Paradiso. It released the CD Love Handel, produced for the charity The Children's Trust with Ana-Maria Rincon, Laurence Cummings, Christopher Purves, Lisa Beznosiuk and Steven Devine. Latest releases are by the superb American cellist Jennifer Morsches and renowned flautist Martin Feinstein.
BCR take cares of everything from location recording and production through to artwork, photography, advertising, and worldwide CD and download sales. It is a label set up and run by musicians, and, unlike most record companies, its approach ensures the artist generates an income from every single CD and download sale.
We in Capilla Cayrasco are delighted to be collaborating with Barn Cottage Records on our new CD of Sacred Music by Ockeghem & Josquin. If you would like to know more about Capilla Cayrasco’s new CD project please visit our Kickstarter project HERE. With 5 days to go we are delighted to say we have already exceeded our fundraising goal for the CD, but Kickstarter is still accepting pledges until the end of the campaign, and if our rewards tempt you then please feel free to continue pledging, every little helps us!
Have a look at our recording venue!
This is the beautiful church of All Saints in Tooting, South-West London, where Capilla Cayrasco are planning to record our CD of Sacred Music by Ockeghem & Josquin.
The high ceiling and spacious interior make for one of the best recording venues in London for polyphony! It has been used by Universal Records, the London Chamber Choir, BBC Chamber Orchestra and Choir, Naxos, Resonus Classics, and The Choirboys, among others.
Please click on the following link to support us on Kickstarter kck.st/1SI94Fh where we are raising the funds to pay for the hire of this wonderful church.
And why not listen to us on Soundcloud too!
Capilla Cayrasco is a vocal and instrumental ensemble based in the UK. Artistic director, Eligio Luis Quinteiro.
You can now listen to us on Soundcloud!
