Masterly Italian polyphony
Francesco Soriano and his contemporaries
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Rome versus Naples. With Francesco Soriano’s Missa super voces musicales for six voices, the twelve singers of the Huelgas Ensemble take us back to the Rome of the early 17th century. Italian art at its best.
In this mass, Soriano (1548-1621) uses the names of the notes as a guideline for a grand composition, just like Josquin des Prez has done a hundred years earlier. The programme is larded with masterly madrigals composed by Soriano’s contemporaries Giovanni de Macque and Scipione Lacorcia who, inspired by Gesualdo, worked in Naples
Voices of Passion – spring 2022
Polyphonic gems from the Renaissance
Leuven and polyphony have since long been closely connected. The music that could be heard in the city at the time of the Flemish Primitives now once again resounds in harmony with the architecture of Park abbey church in Heverlee.
In the gatehouses on the abbey site, where the House of Polyphony and the Library of Voices are housed, the Alamire Foundation conducts research into the music from the Low Countries. During the festival, experienced musicians and young performers put the results of this research into practice and bring the musical heritage of hundreds of years ago to a contemporary audience.
Just like the Franco-Flemish polyphonists who played a leading role in their age, these ensembles feature prominently on the European concert stage. Voices of Passion presents not only marvellous music from the Low Countries, but also polyphonic masterpieces composed in Rome, Naples, London and Vienna.
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artistic direction Paul Van Nevel photo Damon De Backer
