Western religious music from different centuries. Today: music from the 17th century, composed for Italian convents.
From 1 to 8 October 2020, Ton Koopman will give a few concerts with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor (Netherlands Female Youth Choir) in the Netherlands. They will play music from the 17th century, written by nuns, and intended to be performed in convents.
More information about these concerts you can find here.
In this broadcast, you hear several compositions of the two female composers whose work will be played on the coming concerts. Some of these compositions will also be performed during the concerts.
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-ca 1677)
1. Dixit Dominus a 8
2. Laudate pueri a 8
3. Tu dulcis, o bone Jesu a 4
4. O quam bonus es a 2
Orlando di Lasso Ensemble conducted by Detlef Bratschke
(CD: “Marienvesper” – Thorofon CTH 2461/2, 2002)
Maria Xaveeria Perucona (1652-1699)
5. Gaude plaude
6. O superbi mundi machina
Lena Kutzner, soprano. Katharina Sternberg, mezzo-soprano. Mareike Morr, alto. Mädchenchor Hannover, Hannoversche Hofkapelle conducted by Gudrun Schröfel
(CD: “Gaude, Plaude! – Psalmen und Motetten aus italienischen Konventen” – Rondeau ROP6020, 2008)
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
7. O caeli cives
8. Venite, sodales
Musica Secreta
(CD: “Dialogues with Heaven” – Linn Records CKD 113, 2001)
Supplement:
Amante Franzoni (ca 1575-1630)
9. Canzon francese a 4 per l’Epistola ‘La Gonzaga’
Liuwe Tamminga, organ
(CD: “Il ballo di Mantova – Organ Music in S. Barbara, Mantua” – Accent ACC 24225, 2011)
