VESTIVA — Lux Musicae London | FRESCOBALDI • LASSUS • de VOIS | harp | lute | recorder [FHR137]

Excerpts featuring three solo instrumental tracks from the album 'Vestiva' [FHR137]

1. Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583–1643):
Toccata Nona (from Primo Libro di Toccate, pub. 1615–1637, Roma)
AILEEN HENRY • harp

2. Orlando de LASSUS (c.1530–1594) (lute intabulation by ANONYMOUS):
Susanne ung Jour (from the Wickhambrook lute manuscript, c. 1590s)
TOBY CARR • lute

3. Pieter de VOIS (c. 1580/81–1654):
Je ne puis eviter (from T Uitnement Kabinet, pub. 1646, Amsterdam)
MIRJAM-LUISE MÜNZEL • recorder

Full album released on CD and all digital platforms early 2024

"Vestiva: not only our red thread throughout the album, referring to one of our favourite madrigal hits "Vestiva i colli", but also a metaphorical motto: "dressing up" the music with colours, diminutions, trilli, accenti... (as the hills, the "colli", in the original madrigal text are dressed up with flowers) in the balancing act of pure flexibility and absolute punctuality or momentum - creating spoken "words" with a minimal, reduced instrumentation and without actual sung text." (LUX MUSICAE LONDON)

The programme includes famous and hidden treasures by composers such as Cipriano de RORE, John BENNET, Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA, Philippe VERDELOT, Pieter de VOIS, Orlando di LASSUS et al

MIRJAM-LUISE MÜNZEL • recorders
AILEEN HENRY • harp
TOBY CARR • lute

Recorded at Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green, London, UK, February 2022
Engineered and produced by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Filmed by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

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