Sunday Concerts
Sunday Concerts
Sunday 30 November 2025
Sunday Concerts
Sunday Concerts
Sunday 30 November 2025
A Tour of Renaissance Europe -
Music from England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Spain:
Anonymous, Dadme albricias, hijos d'Eva
Anonymous, E la don don Verges Maria
Juan del Encina (1468-1529/30), Una Sañosa Porfía
England:
Henry VIII (1491-1547), Pastime with Good Company
John Ward (1590–1638), Weep Forth Your Tears
France:
Claudin de Sermisy (1490–1562), Tant Que Vivray
Clement Janequin (c.1485-1558), O Doulx Regard
Josquin des Prez (c.1450-55 -1521), Mille Regretz
Italy:
Luca Marenzio (1553/54-1599), Zefiro Torna
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26-1594), Sicut Cervus
Germany:
Johann Walter (1496-1570), Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612), Verbum caro factum est
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), In dulci jubilo in 4 and 8 parts
Some thoughts from Colin Wu, the man behind the project:
I really like Spanish pieces, in particular E la don don Verges Maria. They’re really fun and have some great alto parts, which is a rarity! The Spanish songs are old Christmas songs from the sixteenth century from a manuscript that now lives in Sweden. We’re programming another piece from the same collection, and they have some parallels – they’re fast and exciting pieces. I’ve really enjoyed seeing all the music come to life, especially the French pieces.
I wanted to avoid well-known composers like Palestrina and Byrd and their kind of sophisticated religious music, so (apart from the allusion to Christmas in the Spanish carols) the programme is all secular and celebrates music of the people.
A big part of historically informed performance is a kind of deep will to become almost a living museum. We don’t really know how historically accurate anything we do is, but it’s really special to be able to play with working out what used to happen and getting as close a guess as possible.
From a grander perspective it can be viewed as a reaction against the big orchestral German tradition where audiences sit down in silence to enjoy music; with Renaissance music the ensembles are smaller and this impacts the mindset and the way the audience engages with the music.
Further Details:
This is a free event
Booking deadline: 30/11/2025
The concert will take place in Gallery 3 of The Whitworth from 3pm to 3.45pm.
A Tour of Renaissance Europe -
Music from England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Spain:
Anonymous, Dadme albricias, hijos d'Eva
Anonymous, E la don don Verges Maria
Juan del Encina (1468-1529/30), Una Sañosa Porfía
England:
Henry VIII (1491-1547), Pastime with Good Company
John Ward (1590–1638), Weep Forth Your Tears
France:
Claudin de Sermisy (1490–1562), Tant Que Vivray
Clement Janequin (c.1485-1558), O Doulx Regard
Josquin des Prez (c.1450-55 -1521), Mille Regretz
Italy:
Luca Marenzio (1553/54-1599), Zefiro Torna
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26-1594), Sicut Cervus
Germany:
Johann Walter (1496-1570), Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612), Verbum caro factum est
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), In dulci jubilo in 4 and 8 parts
Some thoughts from Colin Wu, the man behind the project:
I really like Spanish pieces, in particular E la don don Verges Maria. They’re really fun and have some great alto parts, which is a rarity! The Spanish songs are old Christmas songs from the sixteenth century from a manuscript that now lives in Sweden. We’re programming another piece from the same collection, and they have some parallels – they’re fast and exciting pieces. I’ve really enjoyed seeing all the music come to life, especially the French pieces.
I wanted to avoid well-known composers like Palestrina and Byrd and their kind of sophisticated religious music, so (apart from the allusion to Christmas in the Spanish carols) the programme is all secular and celebrates music of the people.
A big part of historically informed performance is a kind of deep will to become almost a living museum. We don’t really know how historically accurate anything we do is, but it’s really special to be able to play with working out what used to happen and getting as close a guess as possible.
From a grander perspective it can be viewed as a reaction against the big orchestral German tradition where audiences sit down in silence to enjoy music; with Renaissance music the ensembles are smaller and this impacts the mindset and the way the audience engages with the music.
Further Details:
This is a free event
Booking deadline: 30/11/2025
The concert will take place in Gallery 3 of The Whitworth from 3pm to 3.45pm.
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