The swan song of Orlando di Lasso, part 3 and finale. At the center of this mini-series is the three-part madrigal cycle ‘Lagrime di San Pietro’ by Orlando di Lasso.
Just before his death, Orlando di Lasso (ca. 1532-1594) wrote the ‘Lagrime de San Pietro’ and it is also known as his swan song. He was 62 years old at the time and suffering from ‘melancholia hypochondrica,’ according to his friend and court physician.
In this three-part miniseries, we end each episode with a section from Orlando di Lasso’s cycle ‘Lagrime de San Pietro.’ This is a three-part cycle of 20 spiritual madrigals and a concluding motet. We also pay attention to other works of this gifted composer who, at the end of the Renaissance, gave much space to expression, which would eventually become decisive for the Baroque.
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
From: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, Feria quinta in Coena Domine:
1. Lamentatio Prima Primi Diei
2. Responsorium Monte Olivetti
3. Lamentatio Secunda Primi Diei
Egidius Kwartet and Gregoriana
(CD Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Etcetera KTC 1343)
4. La nuict froide et sombre (text: Joachim du Bellay)
5. Amour, donne moy payx ou trève (text: Pierre de Ronsard)
6. La terre les eaux va beuvant (text: Pierre de Ronsard)
7. Rendez-moy mon coeur (text: Pierre de Ronsard)
8. J’ay de vous voir (text: Joachim du Bellay)
Cantus Cölln
(CD Orlando di Lasso – Prophetae Sibyllarum. Harmonia Mundi 05472 77304)
9. Lagrime de San Pietro, part 3
– Vattene vita va
– O vita troppo rea
– A quanti già felici
– Non trovava mia fé
– Queste opre e più
– Negando il mio Signor
– Vide homo
Huelgas Ensemble conducted by Paul van Nevel
(CD Orlando di Lasso – Lagrime di San Pietro. Sony SK 53373)
