30CC Programme Ivo de Vento

Ivo de Vento

Huelgas Ensemble

Sat 24/04/2027 - 20:30

For centuries, Antwerp’s Cathedral of Our Lady was one of the most important centres of music in the Low Countries. Young boys were trained there to become skilled singers. Their talent and experience also attracted considerable interest abroad.

One of them was Ivo de Vento (c. 1544–1575) who, after completing his training at the Antwerp choir school in 1556, was recruited by the Bavarian court in Munich to join the court chapel of Albert V. He was only a teenager at the time and would remain in the service of the ducal Wittelsbach family until his death.

He may have moved to Venice in the 1560s to study the organ with Claudio Merulo. As is evident from some of his works, he came to appreciate the Italian musical fashion. In addition, Ivo de Vento published several books of German songs which were to have a major influence on composers such as Leonhard Lechner and Hans Leo Hassler.

The Huelgas Ensemble returns as a regular feature to Passie van de Stemmen with a programme centred on this still somewhat unknown Flemish master, with his Missa Jesu nostra redemptio at its heart.

Bio

For over fifty years, the Huelgas Ensemble has been one of the most acclaimed ensembles specialising in the performance of polyphonic music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The ensemble is internationally renowned for its original programming of largely unknown works. Under the baton of Paul Van Nevel, they have performed at numerous world-famous music venues. Their CD recordings have won several major awards.

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>>> This concert is part of Voices of Passion 2027.

During this festival edition, discover how Franco-Flemish composers of the 16th century travelled along international routes, finding fertile ground wherever they went. Along with them, music—preserved in manuscript and print—resounded in numerous urban centres, at princely courts, and in chapels, churches, and cathedrals.

Leuven and polyphony have been closely intertwined for centuries. Together with the Alamire Foundation, 30CC highlights this tradition, as well as current scholarship and performance practice, during the Passion of the Voices festival.