Early Delights, an hour of early music on Sunday. Now every third Sunday of the month, an afternoon episode from 16:00 – 17:00 (CET). Special delights from the Middle Ages up and to High Baroque.
Sunday 15 March is the fourth Sunday in Lent, the preparation for Easter. Today,our programme is filled with music that fits in this time of year.
Antoine Brumel (ca 1460 – 1512)
1. Lamentatio: Heth – Cogitavit Dominus
Tallis Scholars led by Peter Phillips
(Gimell CDGIM 026, 1992)
Jean Richafort (ca 1480 – ca 1550)
2. Graduale: Si ambulem
Huelgas Enssemble led by Paul van Nevel
(Harmonia Mundi HMC 901730, 2002)
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
3. Pange lingua
The Sixteen led by Harry Christophers
(Coro COR 16021, 2004)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704)
Uit: Méditations pour le Carême
4. Desolatione, desolata est terra (H 380)
5. Sicut pullus hirondinis (H 381)
6. Ecce Judas, unus de duodecim (H 383)
Ensemble Pierre Robert led by Frédéric Desenclos (organ)
(Alpha 091, 2006)
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710 – 1791)
7. Recitative: Giunta l’ora fatale
8. Cavatina: Se d’un Dio fui fatta Madre
9. Recitative: Ah me infelice
10. Aria: Sventurati miei sospiri
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano. L’opera stravagante, Gambe di Legno
(Fra Bernardo FB 1401231, 2014)
Heinrich Isaac Franz Biber (1644 – 1704)
11. Laetatus sum
Peter Harvey, bariton. Richard Wistreich, bass. Purcell Quartet
(Chandoz 605, 1997)
In addition:
Heinrich Isaac Franz Biber
12. Balletti lamentabili: sarabande
Purcell Quartet
(Chandoz 605, 1997)
Photo: Lent canvas in Freiburg-Münster
