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do you like renaissance polyphony? trick question, of course you do, it slaps. my college choir is releasing our sixth volume of music by little-known renaissance composer marc'antonio ingegneri and you want to listen to it. this music has never been recorded before so if you want to hear what the guy who taught monteverdi wrote then this is the only place!
Have you ever listened to medieval/Renaissance music? There are so many amazing composers and works out there that it's hard to know where to start, but Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are my favorite composers. And there's an awesome documentary on YouTube about the connection between medieval politics, religion, and music. Its called Crown and Choir. Also, there's religious and secular music, and lots of it is really calming/peaceful. Have fun!
As a medievalist, I do indeed listen to medieval and Renaissance music. :) I’ve even done workshops on Gregorian chant, and breathing as if chanting is really calming.
I didn’t know about the David Starkey documentary, which is interesting; thanks for sharing! I like that the doc deals explicitly with royal commissioning of music in England, and recognizes that it leaves out all the music of parish churches and taverns and fields and streets. I have a lot of feelings about music performance and the fragility of surviving records of music! But yes, English polyphony FTW.
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4 performances to check out, Dec. 11-14
Chanticle'r: “A Chanticle'r Christmus,” wit musick rangyun' frum Gregeriun chant an' Renaissance poleefony ta carols an' gospel numbers. $35-$65. 8 p.m. Thirsdee at Stanferd Memerial Church; 8 p.m. Frydee at Cathedral o'Christ t'Lite, 2121 Harrisen St, Oaklan'; 8 p.m. Saturdee a...
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Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599). Alma, mirad vuestro Dios // Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Venecia 1589, Volumen III. Performed by Ensemble Fontegara. Dir. Raúl Millavibarrena. 2007 Alma, mirad vuestro Dios, que aunque está encubierto, bien lo véis, si firmemente creéis, porque la fe haze cierto lo mismo que no entendéis. Tanta gratia y tanto amor nadie lo puede entender, que se dé Dios a comer a cualquiera pecador, i por sufrirle mejor, se le da tan encubierto. Y podéis mirarle allí si creéis porque la fe haze cierto
again, this motet, this recording, just blows me away. and, as per usual, john elliot and the monteverdi choir can do absolutely no wrong. goodness.
seriously. the opening kyrie of this mass is such a wonderful of thematic, or motivic unity and cohesion- however you'd like to word that. goodness. i mean, mm. 9-14 are just one example. and then the christe reverses the direction of this same figure. and then the kyrie represents the same opening figure, with the original direction, and then introduces two new ideas that also contrast in direction with the christe. this is more than just imitation or canon; i haven't looked at these motives and lines that closely, but this is the kind of motivic and thematic germination that composers like beethoven and brahms are praised for. and as per usual, the hilliard ensemble can do no wrong. oh, and here's the credo. here's the sanctus. you guys. in the sanctus that opening motive, from that opening kyrie, is brought back and highlighted and expanded upon !! the contrasting directions from the kyrie1 and the christe are brought back too. and this time, joins the two AT THE SAME TIME. by the time we get to the hosana of the sanctus, this opening, ascending motive is expanded upon again to span a 6th. here's the agnus dei. and, you guyys. in the agnus dei2 the opening motive is revisited again. this time each voice states it one time and in agnus dei3, another section of sequenced motives appears, and is sequenced much like the motives that are presented in the kyrie complex. the motives are presented with the "qui tollis pecata mundi" text. the mass closes gorgeously, with a fairly unremarkable "dona nobis pacem" section. and you cannot tell me that [what i see as a dotted half note followed by a quarter note], [[the opening motive of the opening kyrie]], is not significant and easily identifiable. GOODNESS.
Josquin des Prez, Salve Regina, Chanticleer The recurring theme from the plainchant in long notes is just so wonderful. and the sense of climax around page 13 with the o clemens text is just so so great. Salve Regina, mater misericordiae: vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae, Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes In hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos Misericordes oculos ad nos converte Et Iesum benedictum fructum ventris tui Nobis post hoc exsilium ostende: Hail, queen of mercy, Our life, our sweetness and our hope, hail! To you we cry, exiled children of Eve, To you we sigh, groaning and weeping In this vale of tears. Therefore as our advocate Turn your merciful eyes towards us And after this exile show us Jesus, The blessed fruit of your womb.
