Weser-Renaissance Bremen / Manfred Cordes
Giovanni de Macque: Madrigals
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Recorded live at the Pieterskerk Utrecht, 25 August 2019
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About this concert
An expressionistic serenade as the prelude to a thrilling Festival week: this was the task assigned to Manfred Cordes and Weser-Renaissance Bremen. In Giovanni De Macque – one of the finest madrigalists of the period around 1600 – they found the perfect partner. De Macque, born in Valenciennes, was trained in Naples and evolved from conservative to experimental, writing multicoloured, evocative music on texts about ecstasy and broken hearts.
Programme
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Giovanni de Macque
Cantan gl‘ augelli
Tu segui o bella Clori
Vidi Fillide mia
(from: Sesto Libro de Madrigali de Cinque Voci, Venice 1613)
O gran stupore
Tutta leggiadra e bella
I tuoi capelli o Filli
Tu ti lagni al mio pianto
Fuggia la note
La mia doglia s’avanza
Incenerito è’ petto
Quella vermiglia rosa
(from: Sesto libro de madrigali)
Ricercare del primo tono instrumental
Sono acqua viva
Deh se pietosa sei
(from: Sesto libro de madrigali)ca. 1550-1614
Musicians
- Jessica Jans soprano
- David Erler alto
- Bernd Oliver Fröhlich countertenor
- Jan Van Elsacker tenor
- Ulfried Staber bass
- Margit Schultheiß harp
- Manfred Cordes musical direction
About the performers
With a varying line-up of both instrumentalists and singers, the vocal ensemble Weser Renaissance Bremen performs a wide range of repertoire, and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. In 1983 Manfred Cordes became the ensemble’s director, and since then Weser Renaissance has become a much sought-after ensemble for 16th and 17th-century music. For the past few years the ensemble has worked with an entirely new cast, and has received much praise for its recordings of Josquin Desprez and Cristóbal Morales. Recent CDs include works by Johann Walter, Tobias Michael and Giacomo Carissimi.