Episodes
| Series | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTW | 20090427 | Donald Macleod is joined by scholar and performer Christopher Stembridge to explore the life and work of Girolamo Frescobaldi. They begin with an examination of Frescobaldi's early years in Ferrara, where he absorbed the city's rich cultural heritage. Alongside excerpts from Frescobaldi's first publications, there is music by the predecessors and contemporaries whose influence rubbed off on him: Josquin Desprez, a former maestro di capella at the Ferrara court; Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Frescobaldi's teacher; Alessandro Grandi, Frescobaldi's younger colleague at the Accademia della Morte; Claudio Monteverdi, whom Stembridge sees as playing Handel to Frescobaldi's Bach; a trio of Neapolitan composers, Gesualdo, Mayone and De Macque; and a Venetian one - Giovanni Gabrieli. Donald follows Frescobaldi on his single recorded excursion beyond Italy, to Flanders, in the company of the papal nuncio Guido Bentivoglio, then back to Rome and St Peter's, where he worked on and off for the rest of his life. Frescobaldi: Canzona sopra Rugier (Canzoni da sonare) josquin: kyrie (missa hercules dux ferrariae) grandi: o quam tu pulchra es gesualdo: gagliarda luzzaschi: o dolcezz'amarissime d'amore (madrigali a uno, due e tre soprani) de macque: prime stravaganze monteverdi: cruda amarilli (quinto libro de madrigali) | |
| COTW | 20090427 | Donald Macleod is joined by scholar and performer Christopher Stembridge to explore the life and work of Girolamo Frescobaldi. They begin with an examination of Frescobaldi's early years in Ferrara, where he absorbed the city's rich cultural heritage. Alongside excerpts from Frescobaldi's first publications, there is music by the predecessors and contemporaries whose influence rubbed off on him: Josquin Desprez, a former maestro di capella at the Ferrara court; Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Frescobaldi's teacher; Alessandro Grandi, Frescobaldi's younger colleague at the Accademia della Morte; Claudio Monteverdi, whom Stembridge sees as playing Handel to Frescobaldi's Bach; a trio of Neapolitan composers, Gesualdo, Mayone and De Macque; and a Venetian one - Giovanni Gabrieli. Donald follows Frescobaldi on his single recorded excursion beyond Italy, to Flanders, in the company of the papal nuncio Guido Bentivoglio, then back to Rome and St Peter's, where he worked on and off for the rest of his life. Frescobaldi: Canzona sopra Rugier (Canzoni da sonare) josquin: kyrie (missa hercules dux ferrariae) grandi: o quam tu pulchra es gesualdo: gagliarda luzzaschi: o dolcezz'amarissime d'amore (madrigali a uno, due e tre soprani) de macque: prime stravaganze monteverdi: cruda amarilli (quinto libro de madrigali) | |
| EMS | 20090125 | Catherine Bott looks back on the life and music of Italian composer Frescobaldi, whose brilliance was such that 30,000 people attended his first performance on the organ at St Peter's in Rome. Playlist: Frescobaldi: Toccata settima (1627) frescobaldi: cento partite sopra passacaglia (1637) toccata avanti la messa della madonna kyrie della madonna for keyboard recercar con obligo cantare la quinta parte senza tocarla luzzaschi: o primavera (1601) from the concerto delle dame di ferrara frescobaldi: capriccio sopra la bassa fiamenga (1624/26) frescobaldi: canzona prima from il secondo libro di toccate Catherine Bott on the italian composer, who once drew 30,000 people to an organ recital frescobaldi: madrigal: se lontana voi sete from book 1 (1608) frescobaldi: arie musicali bk.1 no.6, a pie della gran croce (maddalena alla croce), for solo voice frescobaldi: fiori musicali - messa della madonna (extract) | |
| EMS | 20070915 | 20070923 | |
| EMS | 20080804 | ||
| EMS | 20080804 |