LUZ DEL ALVA
Of Love, War and Transiency of Life: Spanish Songs of the Early Renaissance

Summary

The reign of the Catholic Monarchs - a stormy period in Spanish history corresponding to the last decades of the 15th and the first decades of the 16th century - has left a rich musical legacy. An essential part of it is the vast repertoire of Spanish secular art song written to amatory, political propaganda, philosophical or devotional texts. Most of this repertoire was written down the manuscript widely known as Cancionero Musical de Palacio (now in the Royal Library in Madrid) which 'towers above every other secular monument of Spanish Renaissance musical history' (Robert Stevenson). LA MORRA joins forces with Arianna Savall and Petter Johansen to bring their public the gems of this madly beautiful music, which - according to the contemporary witness - was once 'all the rage' among members of the aristocratic society of the Early Renaissance Spain. This is a concert version of a CD-programme recorded for Ramée in February 2011.

Repertoire

villancicos and canciones by Anchieta, Badajoz, Bruecquet, Encina, Escobar, Fernández, Wreede, Leon, Ponce, Ribera and anonymous; instrumental music by Ebreo, Torre, Ghiselin and Dalza.

Performers

5 musicians (2 vocalists/instrumentalists, 3 instrumentalists)

Most suitable venue

medium church

Detailed programme can be obtained at the time of programme brochure printing

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