Last chance to book in advance for the wonderful Voice Trio, Emily, Victoria and Clemmie, performing the music of Hildegard of Bingen, the extraordinary 12th century nun and visionary, and songs by 14th century ‘courtly composers’.
See Michael White’s preview of the evening here in the CNJ.
You will still be able to buy tickets on the door, but I am afraid that they will be cash only as we have not yet risen to the heights of a credit card machine!
6.30-7.30pm – Saturday, November 6th – £20
To book, go here.
The programme:
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Caritas habundat (‘Love abounds’) – Psalm antiphon for the Holy Spirit as Divine Love
O Clarissima Mater – Responsory for the Virgin
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Je sui aussi – a ballade
Puis qu’en oubli and Doulz viaire gracieus – two songs in rondeau form.
Machaut was a master of the musical style known as Ars Nova. The subject matter of his lyric poetry was primarily the theme of “courtly love” and the exploration of the poet’s feelings of pain and pleasure in this heightened state of unattainable desire.
Francesco Landini – L’alma mia piange – an Italian ballata and another expression of courtly love, where emotions remain unrequited.
Jacopo de Bologna (c.1340-1386)
Aquila Altera – this madrigal is thought to have been written for a wedding or coronation ceremony.
Anon – Onques ne fut – France (14th C)
Johannes Valliant – Par maintes foy – one of the most popular works of the time.
Anon – S’on me regarde/Prennés i garde/HÉ MI ENFANT – France (13th C)
Anon., France (13th C) arr. Emily Burn for Voice – Bien m’ont Amours entrepris
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
O Virtus Sapientiae (‘O energy of wisdom’)
Favus distillans, literally ‘dripping honeycomb’
Nunc Gaudeant arr. Voice – Votive Antiphon for the Dedication of a Church
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