An educational programme with early music. Music by Sweelinck by ‘artist in residence’ of the upcoming Festival Oude Muziek (Early Music Festival), Harry van der Kamp and his Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, and by harpsichordist Alina Rotaru, making her debut at the same Festival.
In the year of his 450th birthday, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck plays a large role in the upcoming Festival Oude Muziek (Early Music Festival) 2012.
The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam led by bass Harry van der Kamp (picture on the right) presents 3 concerts with vocal works of this monument with Dutch music.
Look here for the festival trailer with Harry van der Kamp.
Making her debut at this Festival, Alina Rotaru plays 2 masterful harpsichord works by this Amsterdam organist and composer.
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
From Derde Boek der Psalmen Davids (Third Book of Psalms Davids) (1614):
1. Psalm 7: Mon Dieu j’ay en toy esperance
– Melody
– SwWV 7
2. Psalm 103: Sus, louez Dieu, mon ame, en toute chose
– Melody
– SwWV 103 (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam led by Harry van der Kamp, bass
(Glossa GES 922404-NL, 2010)
From ‘Rimes Françoises et Italiennes’ (1612):
3. Amor, io sento un respirar
4. Vaga gioia amorosa
5. Che giova posseder
6. Un sol bacio ti dono
7. Mon Dieu, que j’aime
8. Lors que le trait
9. Rozette
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam led by Harry van der Kamp, bass
(Glossa GES 922401-NL, 2008)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
10. Fantasia Chromatica a 4 SwWV 258
11. Pavana Hispanica SwWV 327
Alina Rotaru, Flemish harpsichord (F. Bettenhausen, Haarlem 2004)
(Carpe Diem Records CD-16281, 2010)