This
is Classical Break on Somer Valley
FM, and I'm Rupert Kirkham. Today's programme show-cases the early music
group, Musicke In The Ayre, with
extracts of a concert-performance at
St Lawrence's Church in the village
of Stanton Prior (a lovely setting,
in itself). The concert, Baroque Beginnings:
from Peri to Purcell, took
place
on the 1st
May 2015,
at 7.30 pm, and
featured Jane
Hunt soprano, and Maria
Danishvar Brown, soprano, accompanied by the
lute and archlute of Din Ghani.
We
thank Din for providing us with
the recordings of both music and
spoken links.
In
Din's words, the concert consisted of
17th century songs and duets tracing the
progress of the “New Musicke”
from Italy to England, via France
and Spain.
Any
revivification of music in the minds
of those who are not scholars
depends on the advocacy of committed,
skilled and feeling musicians; musicians with
not only a grasp of the
idioms of long ago, but also
a talent for reminding us of
the significance of music that doesn't
die, but that like old soldiers,
fades away. Early music does not
die; it only fades away – and
returns repeatedly and deservedly as
fashions
change and tastes come and go.
There is no “authentic” performance beyond
cavil, but rhythm, melody and harmony
sculpted in the mind of a
composer, pricked out on the page
centuries ago, and given performance
from
the heart and brain of contemporary
musicians who understand its essence
and
who avoid unlikely and unlooked-for
contemporary embellishment or sentimentalism, will live
for us. Its essence belongs to
us for enjoyment, as to the
century in which it was written.
Amarilli, mia bella Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618)
Se di farmi morire Domenico Maria Melli (c1580 – c1620)
Alla luce Johannes Kapsberger (1583 – 1643)
Chiaconna Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638)
Zefiro Torna Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)
Che si puo fare Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677)
Se l’aura spira Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 – c1643)
Begli occhi Girolamo Frescobaldi
Esperar, sentir, morir Juan Hidalgo (1614 – 1685)
El baxel esta en la playa Anon (1609)
Canten dos jilguerillos Francisco Escalada (fl. 1677)
Goutons un doux repos Michel Lambert (1610 – 1698)
Ma bergere Michel Lambert
Dialogue de la Paix et la Felicite Michel Lambert
Dido’s lament Henry Purcell (1659—1695)
If music be the food of love Henry Purcell
We the spirits of the air Henry Purcell
This was Classical Break on Somer Valley FM. We thank the early music group, Musicke In The Ayre and Din Ghani for providing us with all the materials for our
programme, Baroque Beginnings: From Peri To Purcell. We wish them well in
all their endeavours for music that remains as compellingly and humanely expressive, beautiful and affecting as when it was written. Music that we need
in our everyday lives.
We hope you will join us again soon. Goodbye!
Musicke in the Ayre: Jane Hunt soprano
Maria Danishvar Brown soprano
Din Ghani lute, archlute
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