A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
It is hard to remember a more wonderful evening at the Whitworth. In the candle-lit Grand Hall (electric candles, we hasten to say!) the I Trionfi Quintet- a lute and 4 voices, performing with the kind permission of the RNCM - took us on a musical journey in the footsteps of the Renaissance artist, Albrecht Dürer.
It was an hour of musical joy.
Professor Thomas Schmidt, Professor of Music and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Languages, University of Manchester
Introducing the performance, the distinguished scholar, Professor Thomas Schmidt, Professor of Music and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Languages at the University of Manchester, spoke of Dürer’s own interest in music and set the scene for the performance. He reminded us of the of the centuries old Germanic tradition of Hausmusik where people gathered in their own homes to sing and play, and encouraged us to think of ourselves as being transported back to that intimate environment.
It worked!
I Trionfi had put together a wonderfully varied programme of Fifteenth and Sixteenth century chansons, madrigals and lieder and their performance captured a range of expressive styles from the tender to the rumbustious. Daniel Morgan, tenor, led the group with élan, whilst lutist, Philip Turner, coaxed the sweetest of sounds from an instrument which is beautiful but whose special character is sometimes lost in competition with other, more attention-seeking performances. Not on this occasion though. The voices of Jessica Hopkins, soprano, Priscilla Fong, mezzo soprano, and Adam Jarman, baritone, along with that of Daniel Morgan, each contributed in their own way to a whole which was, as these things should be, even more than the sum of its excellent parts.
I Trionfi with Matt Hodgson from sponsor, Claritas Tax: From let to right, Phillip Turner (and lute), Dominic Morgan, Adam Jarman, Matt Hodgson, Jessica Hopkins, Priscilla Fong
The Friends of the Whitworth are grateful for the generous sponsorship of this event by Claritas Tax. The Company is one of the UK’s leading, full-service tax advisory and compliance practices based in Manchester and Birmingham, and has a strong commitment to supporting the arts in the cities in which they operate.
All proceeds from this event, and others in the Friends' Dürer Programme, will support the exhibition “Albrecht Dürer’s Material World” which will open at the Whitworth Gallery in the summer of 2023.
The title image shows I Trionfi on Stage in the candle-lit Grand Hall, Whitworth Gallery. All photographs by Mike Tierney
It is hard to remember a more wonderful evening at the Whitworth. In the candle-lit Grand Hall (electric candles, we hasten to say!) the I Trionfi Quintet- a lute and 4 voices, performing with the kind permission of the RNCM - took us on a musical journey in the footsteps of the Renaissance artist, Albrecht Dürer.
It was an hour of musical joy.
Professor Thomas Schmidt, Professor of Music and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Languages, University of Manchester
Introducing the performance, the distinguished scholar, Professor Thomas Schmidt, Professor of Music and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Languages at the University of Manchester, spoke of Dürer’s own interest in music and set the scene for the performance. He reminded us of the of the centuries old Germanic tradition of Hausmusik where people gathered in their own homes to sing and play, and encouraged us to think of ourselves as being transported back to that intimate environment.
It worked!
I Trionfi had put together a wonderfully varied programme of Fifteenth and Sixteenth century chansons, madrigals and lieder and their performance captured a range of expressive styles from the tender to the rumbustious. Daniel Morgan, tenor, led the group with élan, whilst lutist, Philip Turner, coaxed the sweetest of sounds from an instrument which is beautiful but whose special character is sometimes lost in competition with other, more attention-seeking performances. Not on this occasion though. The voices of Jessica Hopkins, soprano, Priscilla Fong, mezzo soprano, and Adam Jarman, baritone, along with that of Daniel Morgan, each contributed in their own way to a whole which was, as these things should be, even more than the sum of its excellent parts.
I Trionfi with Matt Hodgson from sponsor, Claritas Tax: From let to right, Phillip Turner (and lute), Dominic Morgan, Adam Jarman, Matt Hodgson, Jessica Hopkins, Priscilla Fong
The Friends of the Whitworth are grateful for the generous sponsorship of this event by Claritas Tax. The Company is one of the UK’s leading, full-service tax advisory and compliance practices based in Manchester and Birmingham, and has a strong commitment to supporting the arts in the cities in which they operate.
All proceeds from this event, and others in the Friends' Dürer Programme, will support the exhibition “Albrecht Dürer’s Material World” which will open at the Whitworth Gallery in the summer of 2023.
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