Musica Secreta
Sunday 23 September 2007 18:30-20:00 (Radio 3)
Aled Jones's guests are Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras, the musical directors of Musica Secreta, an early music group that specialises in performing music for female vocal ensemble.
They talk about an emerging repertoire written in the 16th and 17th centuries by little-known but talented female composers, courtiers, courtesans and nuns. Plus a chance to hear an excerpt from the Vasari Singers' new recording of The Cloud of Unknowing by Francis Pott.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Alessandro Grandi
O dulcis et o pia (excerpt)
Musica secreta
Divine Art DDA25062, track 4
Arvo Part
Bogoroditse Djevo (excerpt)
Chantage, conducted by James Davey
BBC recording
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Occhi del pianto mio
Musica Secreta
Amon Ra CD-SAR 58, track 1
Giaches de Wert
Questi odorati fiori
Musica Secreta
Linn CKD 169 , track 1
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
O caeli cives
Musica Secreta, with David Miller (chitarrones) and John Toll (organ)
Linn CKD 113, track 8
Francis Pott
The Cloud of Unknowing (excerpt)
Vasari Singers, James Gilchrist (tenor), Jeremy Filsell (organ), and directed by Jeremy Backhouse
Signum Classics SIGCD105, tracks 6-12
Philip Cannon
Lullaby
Quattro Correnti Chamber Choir, directed by Derek Harrison
Redbridge RRCD1080, track 17
Josquin des Prez
Agnus Dei III, from Missa L'homme arme sexti toni
Musica Secreta
Divine Art DDA25062, track 19
Jaakko Mantyjarvi
Pseudo-Yoik
Chantage, conducted by James Davey
BBC recording
Alessandro Grandi
Letaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis
Musica Secreta and the Celestial Sirens
Divine Art DDA25062, track 16
Hector Berlioz
Sara la baigneuse
St. Anthony Singers, conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Decca 443 461-2, CD 2 track 8
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