Apocryphonia Live performance Collection, St. Philip’s Recital Collection and Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet current a live performance by Diapente and Saint Basil’s Schola Cantorum that explores the music of the Spanish Netherlands, centred in Antwerp within the late Sixteenth century. The live performance takes place Could 18.
The music of little identified composer Noë Faignient and his contemporaries, together with Orlando di Lasso, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, and others, serves because the springboard for a dive right into a tumultuous time throughout the historical past of that area.
Sixteenth Century Antwerp
Antwerp, now in modern-day Belgium, was a hub of creative and financial exercise throughout a lot of the Sixteenth century. On the finish of the fifteenth century, nearly all the Low Nations (modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), fell beneath the rule of the Burgundian and Habsburg dynasties, and Antwerp grew to become a magnet for retailers in addition to artists from throughout northern Europe. By in regards to the mid-Sixteenth century, the inhabitants had swollen to just about 100,000, and its Inventory Alternate was a mannequin for these organising in London and Amsterdam.
The town’s faculty of portray thrived, and its printing homes unfold information throughout Europe. Nonetheless, strife was creating between the ruling Hapsburgs, led by King Philip of Spain, and the native inhabitants, who had transformed to Protestantism, and the area fell into what was later referred to as the Eighty Years’ Conflict after a significant battle between Spanish mercenaries and locals in 1567. The Dutch Revolt grew in opposition to Spanish rule.
In 1585, town was captured by Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma, governor common for the Spanish king, after a siege that lasted greater than a yr.
Faignient: Music and Conflict in Antwerp 1568-1598
Noé Faignient (often known as Noë Faignient or Noel Faignient), was born in Cambrai in Northern France a while earlier than 1540, and died earlier than 1600, though the precise dates are unknown. He’s a Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer identified for his polyphonic music. He was identified additionally to offer music classes in Antwerp, and had a studio there doubtless between 1575 and 1580.
In 1580, he grew to become a singing grasp to Eric II of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, returning to Antwerp round 1594.
As a composer, he’s finest identified for vocal works with secular lyrics, utilizing poems by French poets Clément Marot and Pierre de Ronsard, and a psalm by theologian Théodore de Bèze. His finest identified work is titled Noe menestriers Bastiaenssone geboren van Camerijck speelman, created in 1561.
His assortment titled Faignient’s Chansons, madrigales, et motetz à 3 events consists of 3-voice polyphonic songs, and has been linked by some students to the political turmoil of the time. It was revealed in 1568, the identical yr that William of Orange, the Prince of Orange who finally grew to become King of England, launched armed assaults on Spanish troops, and sparked the Dutch Revolt. The Dutch language grew to become extra outstanding within the arts, and the music was seen as supporting nationalist sentiments.
In 1576, throughout the Eighty Years’ Conflict, Antwerp was sacked by Spanish troops who had not been paid when Spanish King Philip II declared chapter. Hundreds of civilians died, and lots of buildings, together with the city corridor, had been destroyed. It’s nonetheless thought of the best bloodbath in Belgian historical past, and it resulted in a united entrance in opposition to the Spanish crown, in addition to the decline of Antwerp in favour of Amsterdam as the brand new financial centre.
The Live performance
The Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet specializes within the music of the fifteenth, Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, bringing a scholarly strategy to their musical apply. Together with celebrating the music, they appear to introduce their audiences to the lesser identified works of the interval, together with some works which have by no means been recorded.
The quintet consists of (Left to Proper): Alexander Cappellazzo (tenor), Martin Gomes (bass), Jane Fingler (soprano), Jonathan Stuchbery (tenor + plucked strings), and Peter Koniers (countertenor).
Saint Basil’s Schola Cantorum’s members are drawn from the College of Toronto college students, amongst others. Their repertoire spans centuries of music from Gregorian chant to fashionable music.
- The Could 18 live performance takes place at St. Philip’s Anglican Church in Etobicoke. Discover tickets and extra info [HERE].
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