Capriccio Stravagante / Cappella Mariana / Skip Sempé

»Doulce mémoire – Sweet Memory«

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Skip Sempé
Skip Sempé © Marco Borggreve
Laeiszhalle Hamburg
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Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Skip Sempé © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Cappella Mariana
Cappella Mariana © Alexandre Katsapov
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Pre-concert talk 19:00

  • Start 20:00

Sweet memory

If there was such a thing as a hit in the Renaissance, it was »Doulce mémoire« by Pierre Sandrin. This French chanson is about the (bitter)sweet memory of a lost love, which the composer set to a melody that is as catchy as it is melodious. This polyphonic setting was one of the best-known songs of its time and was widespread throughout Europe at the time – even entire masses were inspired by the chanson.

The Renaissance orchestra Capriccio Stravagante, which plays on 16th-century instruments, and its conductor Skip Sempé are now taking Sandrin’s chanson as the starting point for a programme that, alongside the original, features various composers who drew inspiration from the melody to create their own new works, including the Spaniard Diego Ortiz and the Franco-Flemish composers Tielman Susato and Cipriano de Rore. The demanding choral parts are performed by the Czech ensemble Cappella Mariana, which specialises in polyphonic music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Performers

Capriccio Stravagante ensemble

Cappella Mariana vocal ensemble

Skip Sempé harpsichord and director

Programme

»Doulce mémoire – Sweet Memories«

Pierre Sandrin
Doulce mémoire

Diego Ortiz
Recercadas sobre »Doulce mémoire«

Cipriano de Rore
Missa Doulce mémoire a 5

Hernando de Cabezón
Dulce memoria

Cipriano de Rore
Ancor che col partire / Madrigal

Orlando di Lasso
Susanne un jour

Pre-Concert Talk

(in German)

19:00 / Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal

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