An educational programme featuring early music.
Featuring early Baroque music in Germany and England.
Around the year 1600, music changed from strictly polyphonic to a a musical form in which hearing the text became more important: the beginning of the monody, of rich melodic lines and complex multi-voices. This happened mostly in Italy, and this period would later be called the Baroque. It’s from this period that the German choral song originates, as well as the lute song in England.
Johannes Jeep (1582-1644)
1. Ach Schatz, ich muss mich scheiden
Melchior Franck (ca. 1580–1639)
2. So wünsch ich ihr ein gute Nacht
Georg Forster (1514-1638)
3. Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil
Freiburger Vokalensemble olv. Wolfgang Schäfer
(CD Das Deutsche Chorlied um 1600. Christophorus CD 74602)
Johann Rosenmüller (ca. 1619-1684)
4. Sonata seconda a due
5. Cantate “Eja torpentes animae surgite”, for soprano, two violins and basso continuo
Laia Frigolé, soprano. Juan de la Rubin, organ. Ensemble Méridien
(CD A German Soul. Brilliant Classics 94717)
Matthew Locke (ca. 1621-1677)
6. From Tripla Concordia: Suite in E minor
– Introduction
– Saraband
– Aire
– Country Dance
– Gavot
– Saraband
– Fancy
– Jigge
Wayward Sisters
(CD Mathew Locke. Naxos 8.573020)
John Dowland (1563-1626)
7. Go crystall teares
8. If my complaints
9. Flow my teares
10. What if a day (instr.)
Dominique Visse, countertenor. Eric Bellocq, lute. Fretwork
(CD Tunes of Sad Despaire: John Dowland. Satirino SR 121)
Image: Matthew Locke by William Dobson (1611-46) (Faculty of Music Collection, Oxford University)
